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At least the Post Office Remembers by Val Kraut
Just picked up sheet of stamps - half Project Mercury: Alan Shepard: First American in Space and half Messenger Mission:First spacecraft to orbit Mercury....
October 15th 11 08:01 PM
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Are any of the Soviet ABMs still active? by Matt
Is there anything left operating of the Galosh system, which went through several generations of interceptors? Or are new nonnuclear interceptors (which I see...
October 13th 11 12:53 AM
by David Spain Go to last post
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Minuteman Stage I nozzles - why four? by Matt
I used to be in a MM III wing, but I can't remember this. On Stage 1, why four nozzles for one engine? They were swileveled for control, but why whould that...
October 8th 11 10:16 PM
by Anthony Frost Go to last post
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Search for snoopy by Jeff Findley[_2_]
In article , says... In sci.space.history message...
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October 5th 11 04:01 PM
by Jeff Findley[_2_] Go to last post
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Happy Belated Sputnik Day by Andre Lieven[_3_]
Like it says... It was 54 years (yesterday-ish)...
October 5th 11 08:37 AM
by Andre Lieven[_3_] Go to last post
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Martin Co. Dyna Soar, 1959 by [email protected]
The Dyna Soar spaceplane designed by Hans Multhopp (formerly of Focke Wulf) in 1959, with diagrams, full color art and cockpit...
October 5th 11 06:30 AM
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Can You identify this Rocket? by giantELF
Hello. I am trying to identify what kind of rocket this is: http://public.iwork.com/document/?d=rocket_identification.key&a=p1339670446 I am working on a...
October 2nd 11 05:35 PM
by Ed Kyle Go to last post
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Apollo rendezvouses by Snidely
I've been looking at some of the Apollo lunar rendezvous footage on Youtube, and was curious about a couple of things ... 1) the LM was the active partner in...
October 1st 11 05:22 AM
by Snidely Go to last post
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Chinese Space Station by T.B.[_2_]
launch of the first component is scheduled for Sept 29th. http://news.sina.com.cn/z/tiangong2011/3D/index.shtml T.B.
October 1st 11 02:39 AM
by Alan Erskine[_3_] Go to last post
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UARS Is History by Andre Lieven[_3_]
NASA confirms defunct satellite descended over Pacific CTVNews.ca Staff Date: Saturday Sep. 24, 2011 9:06 AM ET A space satellite the size of a bus fell to...
September 26th 11 07:35 AM
by Paul McDermott Go to last post
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A sobering thought by GordonD
Today, 19 September 2011, it is 15,401 days since the 'Eagle' landed on the Moon. The significance of that number is that the touchdown at Tranquility Base...
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September 23rd 11 11:12 AM
by Pat Flannery Go to last post
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UARS seen on video by Pat Flannery
The falling satellite was caught on video by a amateur astronomer in Britain; the video shows it is...
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September 23rd 11 09:34 AM
by Fred J. McCall[_3_] Go to last post
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S-IVB question by GordonD
There's a classic piece of footage showing an S-IVB stage separating from the rest of the stack and lighting up its engine. This appears to be from a Saturn...
September 23rd 11 08:28 AM
by GordonD Go to last post
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Atlas-Able failure by Pat Flannery
Atlas failures are always fun to watch, but this one is particularly so, as fire starts coming out where it shouldn't at the base of the first...
September 23rd 11 01:10 AM
by Alan Erskine[_3_] Go to last post
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Apollo 11 question by GordonD
I'm currently rereading 'Flight', the autobiography of Chris Kraft. In his description of the Apollo 11 landing, he quotes Charlie Duke's famous response to...
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September 21st 11 12:15 PM
by Obviousman Go to last post
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Apollo IB SA-210 on the pad by Brian Reynolds
I haven't peeked in here for a while, but I thought there might still be people here who would be interested in this. Ctein is a photographer, writer, and...
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September 19th 11 02:17 PM
by rwalker Go to last post
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Progress accident cause found by Rusty Shackleford
On 9/13/2011 10:02 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote: bob wrote: all of which to end US spending on manned space Which brings...
September 18th 11 03:05 PM
by bob haller Go to last post
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Saturn V's as instruments of terror, and vision of a brighter future by Stuf4
Today is the 10th anniversary of what is remembered as a horrific act of terror. What is little remembered is the motivations behind the attack, including the...
September 18th 11 11:30 AM
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KH-9 at NASM by David Lesher
There was a one-day showing af a KH-9 {Hexagon, aka Big Bird} at the NASM parking lot at Dulles. The best part was eavesdropping as there were multiple folks...
September 18th 11 07:00 AM
by Alan Erskine[_3_] Go to last post
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Military alternative to Mercury capsule by Pat Flannery
I was digging around on the National Reconnaissance Office's collection of declassified documents: http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/collections.html .... and...
September 18th 11 03:04 AM
by Pat Flannery Go to last post
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