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8 - Frustrations
Manage episode 335375847 series 3356925
The worst rocket disaster in history strikes the Soviet Union as Sergei Korolev struggles to launch a human into space. Meanwhile, in the United States, testing issues plague Project Mercury. But even amid the tragedy and the setbacks, both the NASA and the Soviets choose who will be the first from their nation to fly into space.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Esther Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" by James Harford
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Deke Slayton and Alan Shepard with Jay Barbaree and Howard Benedict
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" by Michael J. Neufeld
Web Sources-
The Nedelin Disaster | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
Death on the Steppes: The Nedelin Rocket Disaster (nasa.gov)
46 epizódok
Manage episode 335375847 series 3356925
The worst rocket disaster in history strikes the Soviet Union as Sergei Korolev struggles to launch a human into space. Meanwhile, in the United States, testing issues plague Project Mercury. But even amid the tragedy and the setbacks, both the NASA and the Soviets choose who will be the first from their nation to fly into space.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Esther Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" by James Harford
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Deke Slayton and Alan Shepard with Jay Barbaree and Howard Benedict
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" by Michael J. Neufeld
Web Sources-
The Nedelin Disaster | Air & Space Magazine| Smithsonian Magazine
Death on the Steppes: The Nedelin Rocket Disaster (nasa.gov)
46 epizódok
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