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 #137 – Apollo 1: Changes and Recovery
Space Rocket History #136 – Apollo 1: What Went Wrong
Space Rocket History #135 – Apollo 1: The Investigation
Space Rocket History #134 – Apollo 1: Plugs Out – Part 2 – The Price of Progress
Space Rocket History #133 – Apollo 1: Plugs Out – Part 1 – The Fire
Space Rocket History #132 – Apollo 1: Astronauts – Part 2 – Chaffee
Space Rocket History #131 – Apollo 1: Astronauts – Part 1- Grissom & White
Space Rocket History #130 – Apollo 1: Preparation
Space Rocket History #129 – Apollo Mission Control: An Introduction to Eugene Frances Kranz
Space Rocket History #128 – Apollo Mission Control: Christopher Columbus Kraft – Part 2
Space Rocket History #127 – Apollo Mission Control: Christopher Columbus Kraft – Part 1
Space Rocket History #126 – Apollo-Saturn IB: AS-201, AS-202, and AS-203
Space Rocket History #125 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 3
Space Rocket History #124 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 2
Space Rocket History #123 – Apollo: Astronaut Selection and Training – Part 1
Space Rocket History #122 – Apollo: Serious Problems with the Lunar Module and Grumman
Space Rocket History #121 – Pegasus Wings inside SA-8 (AS-104), SA-9 (AS-103), & SA-10 (AS-105) and a Command Module update for 1965
Space Rocket History #120 – Apollo: Stages S-IV and S-IVB
Space Rocket History #119 – Apollo: Lunar Module Design – Part 3
Space Rocket History #118 – Apollo: Lunar Module Design – Part 2
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