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Episodes
Space Rocket History #453 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Mid-term Review
12/6/2024
According to George Low, the Soviet mission operations control room was quite large – it contained 16 two-man consoles, thus allowing them 32 flight controllers. In addition, there was a back row of consoles which were used for personnel such … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:45:46
Space Rocket History #452 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Full Speed Ahead
11/22/2024
In April of 1972, George Low returned to Washington from Moscow and briefed Henry Kissinger. He conveyed NASA’s assessment that a joint space mission in 1975 was feasible.
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Duration:00:42:44
Space Rocket History #451 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – No More Salyut?
11/8/2024
In a re-evaluation of the proposed test mission, the Soviets concluded that utilizing the Salyut spacecraft would not be technically and economically viable.
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Duration:00:46:55
Space Rocket History #450 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Round 3 with the Soviets
10/25/2024
Finally Kraft and Gilruth told the Soviets that if they were unwilling to agree to the telephone conversations then the NASA delegation might as well pack up and go back to Houston. After some hesitation, the Soviets decided to try … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:50:02
Space Rocket History #449 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Apollo-Salyut Test Mission Planning
10/11/2024
The spacecraft designers led by Caldwell Johnson faced a demanding task. Director Gilruth urged them to accelerate the development of the docking adapter design, aiming to have a functional model ready for the upcoming November meeting with the Soviets.
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Duration:00:45:05
Space Rocket History #448 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Soyuz/Skylab & Apollo/Salyut
9/28/2024
Two options were presented: Apollo docking with Salyut/Soyuz or Soyuz with Skylab/Apollo. Caldwell Johnson was taken aback by the Soviets’ eagerness to immediately pursue the development of a universal docking mechanism.
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Duration:00:50:26
Space Rocket History #447 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Creating a Partnership
9/14/2024
On January 20th, 1971 in private negotiation, Low and Frutkin met with Keldysh and Feoktistov to discuss rendezvous and docking. NASA proposed developing compatible systems for Apollo and Soyuz rather than future spacecraft, aiming to give specialists something concrete on … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:52:08
Space Rocket History #446 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Tell Us All Your Secrets
8/30/2024
A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. Continue reading →
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Duration:00:49:31
Space Rocket History #445 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – A Kind Invitation
8/16/2024
A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. Continue reading →
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Duration:00:53:39
Space Rocket History #444 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Competition and Cooperation
8/2/2024
A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. Continue reading →
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Duration:00:56:08
Space Rocket History #443 – Salyut 4 – The April 5th Anomaly & Soyuz 18 with Lazarev, Makarov, Klimuk, & Sevastyanov
7/19/2024
A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. Continue reading →
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Duration:00:53:19
Space Rocket History #442 – Salyut 4 – Soyuz 17 with Gubarev & Grechko
7/5/2024
The crew of Soyuz 17 embarked on a historic 29-day mission, surpassing the previous Soviet mission-duration record of 23 days set by the Soyuz 11 crew aboard Salyut 1 in 1971.
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Duration:00:54:25
Space Rocket History #441 – Salyut 4
6/15/2024
The Salyut 4 space station, designated DOS-4, marked the second phase of the Soviet Union’s civilian space station program. It was an improved version of the failed Salyut 2 station, with several notable enhancements.
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Duration:00:52:57
Space Rocket History #440 – Salyut 3 – Soyuz 14 & Soyuz 15 Part 2
6/1/2024
Initially, the rendezvous with Salyut 3 proceeded smoothly. However, as the Soyuz spacecraft approached the station, a critical problem arose. The Igla rendezvous system, designed to guide the spacecraft to the station, malfunctioned.
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Duration:00:43:32
Space Rocket History #439 – Salyut 3 – Soyuz 14 Part 1
5/17/2024
Salyut 3 featured a “self-defense” gun purportedly designed by Alexander Nudelman for station use. Some reports suggest it was outfitted with a Nudelman-Rikhter “Vulkan” gun, a modified version of the 23mm Nudelman aircraft cannon, or conceivably a Nudelman NR-30 30mm … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:45:26
Space Rocket History #438 – Explorer 50, Westar 1, & NOAA 4
5/3/2024
NASA’s Explorer 50, also known as Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-8 or IMP-8, stands as a testament to humanity’s relentless pursuit of knowledge and exploration beyond the confines of Earth.
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Duration:00:48:36
Space Rocket History #437 – Mariner 10 – Venus & Mercury
4/19/2024
Scientists had long been intrigued by Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. Despite its proximity to the Sun, Mercury remained largely unexplored, with many questions remaining about its surface features, geological composition, and magnetic field. The scientific community … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:52:02
Space Rocket History #436 – Pioneer 11
4/5/2024
Pioneer 11 detected Saturn’s bow shock on Aug. 31, 1979, about 932,000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) out from the planet, thus providing the first conclusive evidence of the existence of Saturn’s magnetic field.
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Duration:00:50:02
Space Rocket History #435 – Soyuz 12 & 13
3/15/2024
This second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz 7k-T was flown on Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 missions from 1973–1981. The new 7K-T spacecraft was designed to accommodate only two cosmonauts who would wear pressure suits at all times … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:53:45
Space Rocket History #434 – Salyut 2, Mars 4, 5, 6, 7 & Tang Ceremony
3/1/2024
At this point in 1973, the Soviets were attempting to fly 2 types of space station, the long duration orbital station scientific version called DOS. The other station was a military spy space station equipped with a machine gun, called … Continue reading →
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Duration:00:50:44