The political nature of the U.S.-Soviet Space Race of the 1960s is probably no better illustrated than by the short-lived Voskhod program. Two flights in what amounted to re-tooled Vostok capsules, both designed more for space spectaculars and “firsts” that…
“You don’t get in it, you put it on.” The Mercury spacecraft in which America’s first astronauts rode into space was so small and cramped that none of them could be taller than 5’11”. Why so small? The rockets of…
Those of us old enough to remember the heady days of the 1960s when humans first ventured into space can rattle off the names easily. Vostok, Mercury, Voshkod, Gemini. And of course, Apollo. Some of us even sought out Revell…
