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The First Voyager
wired.com 2 days, 7 hours agoBefore the Voyager missions to the outer solar system, there was another, earlier Voyager proposal billed as a precursor to manned Mars missions in the 1970s and 1980s. In January 1967, NASA began a campaign to sell congress on Voyager -- just as the Apollo 1 fire left legislators in no mood to discuss NASA's future. In his latest Beyond Apollo post, space historian David S. F. Portree describes the Voyager that never was.
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Talking To The Farside: Apollo S-IVB Stage Relay
wired.com 4 weeks agoSeveral critical Apollo mission maneuvers took place in lunar orbit over the moon's far side -- out of sight and radio contact with Earth. Space historian David S. F. Portree describes a 1963 plan to ensure uninterrupted communication with Apollo spacecraft as they flew over this remote region.


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