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 #161 – Apollo 8 – The Decision Part 2
Space Rocket History #160 – Apollo 8 – The Decision Part 1
Space Rocket History #159 – Zond 6
Space Rocket History #158 – Soyuz 2 and 3
Space Rocket History #157 – Apollo 7-The Flight Part 2
Space Rocket History #156 – Apollo 7-The Flight Part 1
Space Rocket History #155 – Apollo 7 – Assembly, Testing, Training, and Launch
Space Rocket History #154 – Apollo 7 – The Crew
Space Rocket History #153 – Zond 5 – Tortoises in Space
Space Rocket History #152 – The Death of Yuri Gagarin
Space Rocket History #151 – Zond 4
Space Rocket History #150 – Apollo 6: Pogo
Space Rocket History #149 – Apollo 5: Lunar Module’s First Flight
Space Rocket History #148 – Apollo 4: Operation Big Shot
Space Rocket History #147 – Saturn: S-II Stage Part 2: Trials and Tribulations
Space Rocket History #146 – Saturn: S-II Stage Part 1: Common Bulkheads, Gores, & Honeycomb Sandwiches
Space Rocket History #145 – Surveyors 2 – 7 with a Little Apollo 12
Space Rocket History #144 – Lunar Orbiter 2 – 5 and Wresat
Space Rocket History #143 – The First Soyuz Automatic Docking and the Secret Plan
Space Rocket History #142 – Venera 4
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