Okay, the United States has decided to build it's first ICBM; Convair gets the contract, and starts designing it's five-engined Atlas...

The early '60's concept vehicle "Aldebaran" is mentioned from time to time... it was a fantastical Martin corporation notion for a giant amphibious...

Can someone give me some information about the radio frequenties that were used to comunicate and to transmit data on Apollo? Or a website on this topic?. I...

New on the Encyclopedia Astronautica: http://www.astronautix.com/articles/theoblem.htm The Podsadka Problem - what was the configuration of the...

If Gemini 8 had not encountered a thruster problem and had flown a full mission, what was the scheduled prime recovery ship? Gemini's 7, 6 and 9 were...

Via "Spaceflight Now". Y'know, I think if these guys are going to run a parody, they should mark it more clearly. I mean, the STS Orbiter and booster _are_...

I ordered the killing of many thousands of civilians, directed the use of weapons of mass destruction and later was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am...

Anyone who has read James Michener's "Space," or watched the TV miniseries based upon it, will have been exposed to the notion that one person -- John Houbolt,...

Due to illness, I'm forced to sell my spaceflight history collection. If anyone is interested or can point me to a potential buyer, I'd appreciate it

Haven't seen this mentioned here, so I hope I'm the first. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/travelinginspace/no_ufo.html Wasn't it little Donny Raisch(sp?)...

Given the current emphasis on weapons of mass destruction... I was wondering if anyone was interested in the story of NASA Marshall's roots as a chemical...

I guess that it might be off-topic to this newsgroup G, but I'm a little surprised that no one has talked about the recently released biography of Alan...

Bruce Palmer wrote: At the bottom of http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4404/ch11-2.htm (LIQUID HYDROGEN AS A PROPULSION FUEL, 1945-1959) ...

They are pads LC 36, 37, 39, 40 and 41, but why not are pads 38 ? -- Cordialement, Didier Capdevila Capcom Espace, le site de l'...

Is a attraction where participants are asked multiple choice questions and the winner gets some nifty low cost prize/ Could have 2! Shuttle questions, like...

"If Numbers are Infinite , Then so Inventions" "One Small step for man. One infinite leap, for the Human Race" by: Timothy harris livernace aka...

This week's AW&ST: "Pressed by Congress for cost estimates on Bush's Moon/Mars exploration plan, NASA releases some figures to back up its pretty...

In "Stages to Saturn", they discussed that the rational for the VAB (and the crawlers) over "traditional" on-pad assembly was based on a flight rate of (IIRC)...

At Christie's Space Exploration Auction in 1999, lot number 016 was a "Leather patch (FLOWN)" that sold for $1,600. Does anyone here by any chance know any...

....I'm watching "Spider" again for grins, and this one popped into my mind: How separated were Gumdrop and Spider before the descent engine was first fired?...