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1. Why Does a Rocket Need to Roll Going Into Orbit?

2016-07-01

Following launch rockets normally pitch to the east to reach orbit taking advantage of their motion gained for the rotation of the Earth thus saving fuel. But for moon launches th…

2. Only Three People Have Died in Space

2017-08-16

Despite the myriad of dangers to space flight and the many crewed missions in space over the past sixty years only on mission resulted in fatalities; the crew of three of Soyuz 11…

3. Eleven Deaf Men Helped NASA Leave Earth

2018-05-17

Since motion sickness is related to balance and would likely be a major issue in space flight NASA wanted to learn more about how balance works. And since balance originated in th…

4. Let's Talk About Space Force

2018-09-14

Amy describe the United States military's (Air Force and Navy) past and present use of space then postulates on the likely goals of a United States Space Force.

5. How Apollo Astronauts Didn't Get Lost Going to the Moon

2019-06-13

Rather that relying on mission control for navigation the Apollo spacecraft had on-board navigation. This was the cold war after all and NASA was concerned about Soviet jamming. T…

6. U-2s over China: Operation Tackle

2021-01-13

No overview.

7. America Spying with the Corona Satellites

2021-01-29

No overview.

8. When a Nuke Nearly Killed the Moon Landing

2022-01-12

To travel to the moon Apollo astronauts had to pass through the Van Allen radiation belts. NASA scientists eventually concluded that radiation exposure would be minimal with the s…