Space Rocket History Archive

Michael Annis
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The history of early space exploration.

  1. 01/31/2025

    Continue Listening to Space Rocket History on the Main Feed

    Continue Listening to Space Rocket History on the Main Feed. Space Rocket History Podcast Homepage.

  2. 12/30/2024

    Space Rocket History #273 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 3

    Lovell toggled the “master arm” switch to On and glanced around to see if everything else was in order. Guidance control was set to “Primary Guidance”; thrust control was on “Auto”; engine gimbals were enabled; the propellant quantity, temperature, and pressure looked good; the ship was maintaining the correct attitude. Homepage with pictures.

  3. 12/30/2024

    Space Rocket History #272 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 2

    Aquarius, can you see any stars yet? Homepage with pictures

  4. 11/30/2024

    Space Rocket History #271 – Apollo 13 – Free Return – Part 1

    Kraft wanted to fire the descent engine now, get the ship back on its free-return slingshot course, and when it emerged from behind the moon and reached the PC+2 point, execute any maneuvers that might be required to refine the trajectory or increase its speed. Homepage with pictures.

  5. 11/30/2024

    Space Rocket History #270 – Apollo 13 – The News Breaks

    Cronkite did not look good. He called Schirra over and thrust a sheet of wire-service copy at him. Schirra scanned the text hurriedly, and with each sentence his heart sank. This was bad. This was worse than bad. This was . . . unheard of. He had a thousand questions, but there wasn’t time to ask…… Homepage with pictures

  6. 10/31/2024

    Space Rocket History #269 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 4

    EECOM, Sy Liebergot looked away from his monitor; the end, he knew, was at last here. Liebergot, through no fault of his own, was about to become the first flight controller in the history of the manned space program to lose the ship that had been placed in his charge. Homepage with pictures.

  7. 10/31/2024

    Space Rocket History #268 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 3

    As near as Lovell could tell, it would be a while before the ship’s endgame would play out. He had no way of calculating the leak rate in the tank, but if the moving needle was any indication, he had a couple hours at least before the 318 pounds of oxygen were gone. Homepage with pictures

  8. 09/29/2024

    Space Rocket History #267 – Apollo 13 – “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – Part 2

    By the time Flight Director Kranz heard Lovell’s report, of “Houston, we’ve had a problem. ” three controllers had reported related problems. Kranz was wondering which problem Lovell was reporting, as he started relaying the long list of warning indications from the spacecraft displays. Homepage with Pictures

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The history of early space exploration.

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  • Creator
    Michael Annis
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    274
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    © Copyright 2013 Mike Annis. All rights reserved.
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