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Ken Mattingly and Hank Hartsfield were apparently born in a barn, because they can't get the door closed!
7 years, 7 months ago
070 - STS-3
Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton fly Columbia on its third mission, carrying a whole bunch of shuttle-inspecting experiments with them.
7 years, 8 months ago
069 - STS-2
Joe Engle and Dick Truly are ready to take Columbia for a ride and usher in the era of reusable spacecraft.
7 years, 8 months ago
068 - STS-1
John Young and Bob Crippen strap in and fly Columbia on its first mission. But how will mission control deal with missing tiles on the heat shield?
7 years, 9 months ago
067 - The Road to STS-1
This week we discuss three of the biggest challenges to getting the space shuttle off the ground: the engines, the computers, and the tiles. Oh, and …
7 years, 9 months ago
066 - Approach and Landing Tests
The Space Shuttle would be NASA's first spacecraft to land on a runway. So it's probably a good idea to make sure it's up to the task.
7 years, 10 months ago
065 - Space Shuttle Orbiter
With our tour of the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters complete, it's time to take a look at what they're getting into orbit: the Space Shuttle…
7 years, 10 months ago
064 - Shuttle ET and SRBs
Now that the Space Shuttle has been approved, it's time to figure out what the vehicle will actually look like. With that in mind, we take a close lo…
7 years, 10 months ago
063 - Origins of the Space Shuttle
As Apollo hit its stride, NASA was trying to figure out what it was going to do next. The answer requires a significant amount of historical context,…
7 years, 11 months ago
062 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton (yes, Deke Slayton) take the last Apollo CSM up to meet with some new friends from out of town.
7 years, 11 months ago