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Chronicle 2022
Space Chronicle Volume 2-4 October 2022
Contents
RIGHT ON THE BUTTON
The story of the Apollo LMs ascent engine, which never failed at the critical moment
Mark Yates
65 YEARS OF SPACE EXPLORATION
A pictorial record of space flight from Sputnik to the James Webb Telescope
LATTICE WORKS
Grid Fins: An essential technology for reusable rockets, invented in the USSR in the 1930s
Phillip Mills
LOST AT SEA
The story of a boilerplate Apollo CM lost in 1970 and recovered by a Soviet trawler
Nándor Schuminszky with Péter Remes translated by Miklós Vincze
THE BUMPY ROAD TO THE ISS
Space Flight Participant Richard Garriott's less-than-straightforward trip to space
Bert Vis
Space Chronicle Volume 2-3 July 2022
Contents
50 YEARS OF LANDSAT
Marking the anniversary of the launch of the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite
Michael Bryce
THE FIRST SPACEPLANE
The story of the Space Shuttle, with excerpts from
Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon 1972-2013, by Dennis R. Jenkins
Dennis R. Jenkins with Rob Coppinger
ALL FIRED UP & NOWHERE TO GO
The story of the Titan launchers utilised by NASA's Gemini Program
Joel W. Powell
APOLLO 8 THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS
The groundbreaking mission, as seen by a crewmember on one of the recovery ships
Mark Yates
Space Chronicle Volume 2-2 April 2022
Contents
PIECES OF HISTORY
The story of three artefacts of memorabilia from the Apollo 16 mission
Mark Yates
PICTURE AT SHADOW ROCK
The inspiration behind the artwork created for this issue's cover, by the artist
David C. Long
SHOWCASING SOVIET SPACE SUCCESS
Looking back at more than 50 years of Soviet-Russian space exhibitions and their impact on the public
Ken MacTaggart
AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE?
Did Yuri Gagarin help to ease Cold War tensions?
Gulbir Singh
HOMAGE TO A RELUCTANT HERO
A tour of the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio
Sam Benjamin
Space Chronicle Volume 2-1 January 2022
Contents
LOST & FOUND
The story of the recovery and restoration of a former Space Shuttle payload
Michael Haddad
FORGOTTEN SPACE AGENCY
A history of the official space agency of the former German Democratic Republic
Brian Harvey
RISING STARS
All of China's orbital launches from 1970 to 2018
Phillip Clark
MYSPACE: MARY ELWYN PATCHETT
Remembering a juvenile science fiction writer and BIS member from the 1950s
Griffith J. Ingram
