Since the lunar module would fly only in space (earth orbit and lunar vicinity), the designers could ignore the aerodynamic streamlining demanded by earth’s atmosphere and build the first true manned spacecraft, designed solely for operating in the spatial vacuum.
Space Rocket History #19 – Little Joe: Mercury’s Test Vehicle
Space Rocket History #18 – Luna 2 and 3
Space Rocket History #17 – The Mercury 7
Space Rocket History #16 – Astronaut Candidates
Space Rocket History #15 – Sputnik 3 & Luna 1
Space Rocket History #14 – US Space 1958 – Explorer, Vanguard, Pioneer, and NASA
Space Rocket History #13 – Explorer 1 – Juno 1
Space Rocket History #12 – Vanguard TV3 – Flopnik
Space Rocket History #11 – Sputnik 2 – Laika: The Space Dog
Space Rocket History #10 – The Space Race – Reaction to Sputnik 1
Space Rocket History #9 – Sputnik 1
Space Rocket History #8 - Redstone - Army Ballistic Missile Research
Space Rocket History #7 – Inter-service Rivalries – Army, Navy, Air Force
Space Rocket History #6 - The Competition
Space Rocket History #5 – Escaping the Reich – Von Braun, German Scientists
Space Rocket History #4 – Vengeance Weapons
Space Rocket History #3 – Liquid-fueled Rockets – Two Tanks and a Combustion Chamber – The 1930’s
Space Rocket History #2 - Rocket Pioneers
Space Rocket History #1 - Ancient Rocketry: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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