Space Rocket History #385 – Copernicus (OAO-3), SAS-2, Venera 8, Luna 20 & 21, and Explorer 49

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Once its antennas were deployed, Explorer 49 was the largest human-made object to orbit the Moon as of 2022.

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0:00.0	Hello, listeners. If you are enjoying this podcast without commercial interruption and are
0:05.4	financially able, please consider supporting our effort. To contribute, go to the homepage
0:10.5	spacerockethistory.com and click on the orange donate button or the Patreon link. Thanks.
0:19.9	We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things.
0:24.7	Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
0:28.1	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:30.4	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:33.3	It might be right. Okay, I'm out.
0:35.9	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:40.1	At last, huh?
0:41.8	In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:44.6	Lift-off. We have a lift-off. 32 minutes past the hour.
0:49.2	Lift-off on Apollo 11.
0:51.8	flipping Tanguality Base here.
0:54.7	The Eagle has landed.
0:56.6	That's one small step for man.
1:00.2	One giant leap for manned.
1:08.7	Hello and welcome.
1:17.7	This is Michael Annis, and you are listening to episode number 385 of the Space Rocket History podcast.
1:34.8	And now, Copernicus, also known as OA-O-3, S-A-O-3, S-A-2, Venera 8, Luna 20 and 21, and Explorer 49. We have six uncrewed spacecraft to cover on this episode, and then next episode episode Skylab will begin okay first let's cover the orbiting
1:50.4	astronomical observatory the orbiting astronomical observatory also known as
1:57.9	oh a oh was a series of satellites.
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