Claim OwnershipA History Of The Space Race
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Detailed history of the Space Race, from the International Geophysical Year and the launch of Sputnik to the Apollo Program and the moon landing. Visit the website at www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com
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Credit for background theme music to:
Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The first joint manned docking mission in 1975 lays the groundwork for the International Space Station. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/epilogue-the-apollo-soyuz-test-project
Opinions on the lessons of the Space Race.
The Space Race comes to an end when the Soviet Union cancels its moon landing program in 1974. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-79-n1-l3-cancelled
In 1973, the Soviet Union and the United States race to launch the first operating space station. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-78-space-station-race
The last moon landing mission occurs in December 1972. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-77-apollo-17
With the penultimate moon landing mission, NASA focuses on scientific exploration. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-76-apollo-16
The USSR launches the first space station, but tragedy quickly follows. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-75-salyut-1
Apollo Program matures with a lunar rover on the moon and longer stays. Hear more: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-74-apollo-15
Golfing on the moon! Apollo 14 takes off in January 1971. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-73-apollo-14
By 1970, both the Soviet Union and the United States are turning away from the moon. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-72-moonset
Apollo 13, NASA's finest hour, comes in April 1970. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-71-houston-we-ve-had-a-problem
In November 1969, NASA launches Apollo 12--a mission that nearly ended right after launch until someone in Mission Control gave the instruction, "SCE to auxiliary." Photo: spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-70-sce-to-aux
In response to Apollo 11, the Soviet Union launches 3 manned spacecraft into orbit. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-69-troika
1One small step for a man! Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-68-apollo-11-pt-2
Prior to Apollo 11, NASA had to select the crew, build a lunar lander simulator, training astronauts and a mission control team, select a landing site, plan surface mission activities, develop quarantine procedures, and build a new laboratory to receive lunar samples. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-67-apollo-11-part-1
The USSR spends the first six months of 1969 finding a way to blunt the impact of the impending American moon landing. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/ep-66-grasping-at-straws
In May 1969, NASA performs a dress rehearsal to land on the moon.
In March 1969, NASA finishes flight testing the Apollo command and lunar modules in anticipation of a moon landing. Photo: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-64-apollo-9
After Apollo 8, the Soviet Union struggles to find a new objective for its space program besides a manned landing on the moon in anticipation that he United States will land astronauts there first. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-63-soviet-coverup
On December 21, 1968, NASA launches the first manned mission to the moon. Photos: https://www.spaceracehistorypodcast.com/post/episode-62-apollo-8
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