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 #27 – Mercury-Redstone 4 – Liberty Bell 7 with Gus Grissom
Space Rocket History #26 – Why the Moon?
Space Rocket History #25 – Mercury Redstone 3 – Freedom 7 with Alan Shepard
Space Rocket History #24 – Mercury Redstone Test Flights – Ham in a Can
Space Rocket History #23 – Vostok 1 with Yuri Gagarin
Space Rocket History #22 – The Vanguard Six
Space Rocket History #21 – Cry Havoc and Launch the Dogs of Vostok!
Space Rocket History #20 – Tiros 1 and Echo 1 – The First Weather and Communications Satellites
Space Rocket History #19 – Little Joe: Mercury’s Test Vehicle
Space Rocket History #18 – Luna 2 and 3
Space Rocket History #17 – The Mercury 7
Space Rocket History #16 – Astronaut Candidates
Space Rocket History #15 – Sputnik 3 & Luna 1
Space Rocket History #14 – US Space 1958 – Explorer, Vanguard, Pioneer, and NASA
Space Rocket History #13 – Explorer 1 – Juno 1
Space Rocket History #12 – Vanguard TV3 – Flopnik
Space Rocket History #11 – Sputnik 2 – Laika: The Space Dog
Space Rocket History #10 – The Space Race – Reaction to Sputnik 1
Space Rocket History #9 – Sputnik 1
Space Rocket History #8 - Redstone - Army Ballistic Missile Research
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