There Was No Escape from the Sketchiest, Most Cramped Soviet Spaceflight
The Soviet Voskhod spacecraft was a hollowed out Vostok with almost no safety provisions. And it worked.
Articles tagged "Gemini"
Gemini 11 Orbited Earth Four Times Farther Than the Shuttle
On September 12, 1966, Gemini 11 launched and set a record for highest Earth orbital mission.
NASA Didn't Learn To Fly in Space Until It Was Seven Years Old
NASA learned how to fly in space 47 years ago. At least, that's when it first started figuring it out. The Mercury program that launched the first American astronauts really just took them along for a ride. But the second program, Project Gemini, wa…
Moon Diapers and Pee Condoms: the Evolution of Deep Space Evacuation
You'd be a lying crazy person if you said it hasn't crossed your mind, and in the 1960s it was one of the most common questions posed to NASA’s astronauts: how do you go to the bathroom in space? The answer is less sophisticated than you might expect…
NASA Needs To Relearn How To Roll The Dice
NASA used to take risks. It used to occasionally throw caution to the wind and just go for broke on some pretty dangerous missions. In short, and to be slightly crude, NASA used to have balls. Surveying NASA’s history, which is filled with the real…
