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Ghosts of Arlington Podcast

136 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings

If you've ever walked the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, you've heard the voices of the past. Even if you haven't, you can still hear them in podcast form. A history podcast about Arlington National Cemetery and the stories of those buried there, with new episodes available first thing every Monday morning.

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#119: Ernie Pyle's War, Part VII

March 25, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

This week, war correspondent Ernie Pyle hits the beach in Normandy France just one day after the D-Day invasion, sees the allies break out of the Normandy peninsula after six weeks of hard fighting, is on hand for the liberation of Paris, and decides he has had enough of war. But try as he might, he can't really stay away and soon finds himself in the Pacific, getting ready to cover the other theater of operations. I was going to finish Pyle's story today, but a real world event popped up, ...

#118 - Ernie Pyle's War, Part VI

March 18, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

After retuning to Italy from his R&R, Pyle gets a tip from a pre-war friend - who also happens to be the senior US Army air forces commander in the Mediterranean - that he should return to London because the long awaited invasion of western Europe is going to happen sooner rather than later. It's nice to have friends in high places! Pyle returns to England, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize, graces the cover of Time magazine (which more or less does a smear article/hatchet piece) about him, and...

#118: Ernie Pyle's War, Part VI

March 18, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

After retuning to Italy from his R&R, Pyle gets a tip from a pre-war friend - who also happens to be the senior US Army air forces commander in the Mediterranean - that he should return to London because the long awaited invasion of western Europe is going to happen sooner rather than later. It's nice to have friends in high places! Pyle returns to England, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize, graces the cover of Time magazine (which more or less does a smear article/hatchet piece) about him, and...

#117: Ernie Pyle's War, Part V

March 11, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

The US invades Sicily, and just like he was for North Africa, Pyle was there to bring the news of the front back to the home front.  But just as it does for everyone, Pyle's combat experiences begin to take a toll on his well being so he agrees to take a break, return to the US, and get some rest and relaxation. He finds little of both. What he does find is that his celebrity has grown beyond anything he could have imagined. When he returns to Italy, he writes what is typically considered h...

#117, Ernie Pyle's War, Part V

March 11, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

The US invades Sicily, and just like he was for North Africa, Pyle was there to bring the news of the front back to the home front.  But just as it does for everyone, Pyle's combat experiences begin to take a toll on his well being so he agrees to take a break, return to the US, and get some rest and relaxation. He finds little of both. What he does find is that his celebrity has grown beyond anything he could have imagined. When he returns to Italy, he writes what is typically considered h...

#116: Ernie Pyle's War, Part IV

February 19, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

With the Allied invasion of Africa on, Ernie Pyle's fame back in the US as "the only reporter to bring the war home to us" begins to grow. In just six month's time his column is pick up by more than one hundred additional newspapers and his daily readership increases by nearly six and a half million people. He continues to write human interest pieces about the soldiers "over there," but he also includes his own first hand accounts of loss and of the feelings that soldiers experience. He isn'...

#115: Ernie Pyle's War, Part III

February 05, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

When World War II begins in Europe, Pyle is desperate to cover and is allowed to go to London during the Blitz where he covers one of the largest incendiary raids of the war - instead of taking shelter in a basement he stands out on a balcony! When the US enters the war, he returns to England and then heads to Africa to cover Operation Torch - the first US offensive on the Atlantic side of the conflict. The Ghosts of the Pacific Theme is Ukulele and Love Birds by emjaydabayou, with a few W...

#114: Ernie Pyle's War, Part II

January 29, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MB

After Ernie Pyle married his wife, Jerry, the couple quit their jobs and drove around the US in a Model T Ford, camping out and falling in love with the Southwest. When they got back east several months later they were broke, but looking to travel again. Pyle was invited back to his old newspaper in Washington, DC, but new responsibilities, compounded with anxiety and mental illness with both members of the relationship, soon put a strain on Ernie and Jerry's marriage, so when Pyle got the ...

#113: Ernie Pyle's War, Part I

January 22, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

Born to tenant farmers in rural Dana, Indiana, Ernie Pyle looked for any way to get out of the Midwest farm country he feared he might toil away his life in. When World War II ended a month after he joined the naval reserve, he did the next best thing - enroll at Indiana University. While in school, he studied communications and journalism, and not only managed to travel to Kentucky and Michigan, but to Japan, China, and the Philippines, too. Shortly after leaving school, he was working for ...

#112: The Arlington Of the Pacific, Part II

January 15, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

This week we wrap up the discrition of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at the Punchbowl crater in Oahu, Hawaii and then we will see just how closely Punchbowl and Arlington are related when in December 2023, a young sailor killed when the USS Oklahoma capsized during Pearl Harbor, and whose remains were just recently identified, was disinterred from Punchbowl and buried at Arlington. Today's Ghost of Arlington is Navy Seaman First Class James Richard Ward, Section 81 Grave 156...

#111: The Arlington of the Pacific, Part 1

January 08, 2024 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

This week we take a look at the history of the National Cemetery of the Pacific - also known as Punchbowl - in Hawaii, in a temporary segment I like to think of as Ghosts of the Pacific. The Ghosts of the Pacific Theme is Ukulele and Love Birds by emjaydabayou, with a few Waves of Hawaii added for ambiance. The Ghosts of the Pacific Transition music are some Uke Chords by turkitron. Ukulele Taps is by Al Wood. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for its continued ...

#110: Space Age Sunsets

December 11, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Over the last few weeks we have lost to US astronauts from the golden age of space exploration - Ken Mattingly and Frank Borman - and since I spent 42 weeks on the space race, I felt it was appropriate to take the time to eulogize those two explorers today. If you listen to end, you can find out the connection between Frank Borman, Buzz Aldrin, and one of the most iconic rock bands of all time, Led Zeppelin. Today's Ghosts of Arlington are: 1. Navy Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Thomas Kenneth M...

#109: Counting Coup, Part III - High Bird

November 27, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

In what may be my final episode of 2023, this week we will see the end of Joseph Medicine Crow's amazing story of counting coup on the Germans and only realizing after he returns to the reservation following World War II, that he has fulfilled all the requirements to become a chief, and becomes the first Crow warrior in the reservation era (and most recent to date) to achieve that rank in the traditional way. Today's Ghost of Arlington is Army Technician 5 Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, who is a...

#108: Counting Coup, Part II - Medicine Crow

November 20, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Due to holiday and work schedules, I have decided to split the final longer episode about Joseph Medicine Crow into two shorter parts. This week, we learn a little about Medicine Crow's childhood - breaking and racing horses and leading history from pre-reservation chiefs, but also going to the so-called white man school and learning English. When he left the reservation for secondary school, and met members of 30 or 40 other tribes, he became interested in know more about the Crow so he cou...

#107: Counting Coup, Part I - Winter Man

November 13, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

November is National Native American Heritage Month here in the United States. With that in mind, I talk about the history of that celebration, and talk a little about the Plains Indians and the Crow Nation. What does any of that have to do with Arlington National Cemetery? Not much. But it has a lot to do with Joseph Medicine Crow, a World War II veteran who used his time in service to become the last war chief of the Crows, and though Dr. Medicine Crow is buried on the reservation, I felt ...

#106: Too Tall

November 06, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

On November 14, 1965, the US Army had its first major battle against North Vietnamese regular troops in the Ia Drang valley near the Cambodian boarder. The first two days or the three day battle was depicted in the 2002 Mel Gibson movie We Were Soldiers. It wasn't until the movie came out that I learned that I had spent the last decade living around the corner from one of the heroes of that day. He had to wait 35 years, but eventually Pilot Ed Freeman, a veteran of three wars, was awarded th...

#105: The Ultimate Wingman

October 30, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

In 1966, Bernie Fisher saw a member of his flight, Lieutenant Colonel "Jump" Myers, get shot down while providing close air support for about 350 special forces soldiers overrun by more than 2000 enemy fighters. The explosion lead Fisher to believe his comrade had been killed on impact, but when he saw Myers exit the aircraft and dive for cover, Bernie knew he had to do something - the enemy was only 200 yards away. When it became clear that that a rescue helicopter wasn't going to reach Mye...

#104: The Epitome of Army Aviation, Part II

October 23, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

After his unexpected deployment to Vietnam, Chief Novosel is assigned to a medical evacuation unit and over the course of two deployments, evacuated more than 5500 soldiers off the battlefield, include 29 South Vietnamese troops under heavy fire, an action that would eventually lead to him being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Today's Ghost of Arlington is: Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael J. Novocel, Jr. - section 7A, Grave 178-C. As always,...

#103: The Epitome of Army Aviation, Part I

October 16, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

This week, we begin the story of Army Aviator Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mike Novosel, a guy who was too short to fly according to the military standards of the day, was forced out of the service against his will, and who eventually took a demotion, all because he wanted to pass his 20+ years of aviation experience on to the next generation of Army pilots. Instead, and much to his surprise, he was sent to Vietnam to serve in his third war. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Co...

#102: A Family Legacy in Korea

October 09, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

A recent work trip to South Korea opened my eyes to the Collins family's four-person, two-generational association with the Second Infantry Division and the Korean Peninsula, so today I share at story and one other that I learned about at the Second Infantry Division Museum on Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. Today's Ghosts of Arlington are: Army Major General James Lawton Collins, Sr. - Section 34, Grave 121-A Army General Joseph Lawton Collins - Section 30, Grave 422 Ar...

#101: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part VII

September 04, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

It has been a long time coming, but after 1,891 days in captivity, Nick Rowe became one of only 37 prisoners to successfully escape from Vietcong prisons and make it back to friendly forces. This is the culminating event of his five years to freedom. The helicopter that picked him up radioed ahead and a large crowd gathered to welcome him home. After escaping, Rowe found out that he had been promoted twice in captivity and was now a major. The introduction and transition music heard on the...

#100: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part VI

August 28, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Lieutenant Rowe's circumstances change drastically and he unexpectedly finds himself the lone prisoner in his prison camp. After spending four years with other American POWs, he has to adjust to these new surroundings and hope that he has the mental fortitude to withstand the Vietcong's ramped-up indoctrination sessions all on his own. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his catalogue is...

#99: A POW MIA's Five Years to Freedom, Part V

August 21, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MB

As Lieutenant Nick Rowe's time in captivity moves into its thrid year, it becomes more difficult for him and his American colleagues to stave off the illness and disease that comes with extreme malnutrician, which will claim its first victims in this episode. We will also see what happens to Captain Rocky Versace after the Vietcong realize that he is insusceptible to their propaganda efforts and will never be broken. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed an...

#98: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part IV

August 07, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

The American POWs are split up as the Vietcong continue their reeducation efforts to get them to confess to "crimes against the Vietnamese people." Knowing his health is headed south, Lieutenant Nick Rowe decides he needs to try to escape before it's too late. Sure, escape is risky, but even if he dies in the process, he figures it is better than sitting around waiting to starve to death. The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghost...

#97: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part III

July 31, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Captivity at the hands of the Vietcong continues to bring hardships to Captain Rocky Versace, Lieutenant Nick Rowe, and Sergeant Dan Pitzer. Versace has been separated from the group, though two new prisoners, Army Master Sergeant Ed Johnson and Army Sergeant Len Tadios join Rowe and Pitzer. After attacking a guard and a second round of failed reeducation attempts, Rowe is labeled a hard case - similar to Versace's classification last week - and is told he will be shipped off a new camp, on...

#96: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part II

July 24, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

After begin captured by the Vietcong, Captain Rocky Versace, Lieutenant Nick Rowe, and Sergeant Dan Pitzer are held in a series of Vietcong jungle prison camps in South Vietnam. The Vietcong also send cadre to try to reeducate their prisoners - to get them denounce the US involvement in Vietnam - but to no avail. After Captain Versace is labeled an unrepentant hard case, he is made an example of to try to get the other Americans to come around to their captors' way of thinking as they pass t...

#95: A Vietnam POW's Five Years to Freedom, Part I

July 10, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

Two fo the first US Solderis taken captive by the communists in Vietnam were to advisors to the South Vietnamese Army, First Lieutenant Nick Rowe and Captain Rocky Versace. One of these men worked so hard to keep up the moral of other US prisoners that the North decided to summarily execute him. The other refused to give up and after five years, finally escaped and regained his freedom. In part one of their dramatic story, we see where they came from, what brought them together, and what th...

#94: The Spymaster Who Created Modern American Espionage, Part V

July 03, 2023 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

As the war in Europe draws to a close, Wild Bill Donovan once again tries to convince FDR of the need for a centralized intelligence service - but when the president suddenly dies, he has to deal with a new chief executive, Truman, who he is not familiar with. All this while also helping Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson prepare for with will be known as the Nuremburg Trials. After the war, he goes back to his private practice, at least until a new president, Dwight Eisenhower, has a new...

#93: The Spymaster Who Created Modern American Espionage, Part IV

June 26, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MB

After Pearl Harbor, Coordinator of Intelligence Colonel William J. Donovan petitioned for President Roosevelt to transfer his new agency from White House control to that of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. FDR thought he was committing political suicide - the military generals and admirals wanted nothing to do with him - but FDR granted Donovan's request. The Office of Information was dissolved and the Office of Strategic Services was created. While many of Donovan's seniors didn't think much of...

#92: The Spymaster Who Created Modern American Espionage, Part III

June 05, 2023 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

William Donovan resigns from the Justice Department when he is not appointed Attorney General by his friend and newly elected president Herbert Hoover. He returns to law and comes out of the Great Depression a self-made millionaire. He also finds common cause with Franklin D. Roosevelt when he replaces Hoover in the White House and in time, begins to convince FDR of the need for a centralized intelligence manager, something that J. Edgar Hoover and other influential Washington figures do eve...

#91: The Spymaster Who Created Modern American Espionage, Part II

May 29, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MB

William Donovan's final battlefield action of WWI is to countermand an order he received to attack - an order that would needlessly cost more lives than the Irish Regiment has already lost. Not only does he live to defend this action, but he is eventually awarded the Medal of Honor and the commander who issued the order is relieved. After the war, he returns to Buffalo and his law practice but when he become US Attorney General in Buffalo and Western New York, he makes many enemies enforcing...

#90: The Spymaster Who Created Modern American Espionage, Part I

May 22, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

The last two episodes we talked about the highest decorated member of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and now we look at the man who created the OSS - William J. Donovan, aka "Wild Bill" - from his humble origins in Buffalo New York, through his social rise as an up-and-coming Columbia educated lawyer, to his appointment as a battalion commander in New York's Irish Regiment as the US enters World War I and ships out to Europe. The introduction and transition music hear...

#89: A Marine in the European Theater of Operation, Part II

May 08, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

This week we finish the story of French Foreign Legionnaire turned OSS operative Peter Ortiz, after he jumps behind enemy lines, deep into Nazi occupied France to stir up mayhem and cause as many problems for the Germans as he can. What would you do if the Germans were hunting you and you happened to end up in the same bar as several German officers? I can almost guarantee that your answer to that question is completely different from Ortiz's answer - I know mine was! This week's Ghost of A...

#88: A Marine in the European Theater of Operation, Part I

May 01, 2023 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

When people think about the US Marine Corps' many contributions in World War II, they usually think about the island hopping campaign in the pacific, as they should - amphibious operations are the bread and butter of the USMC. But there were a select few who served in Europe, mostly with the Office of Strategic Services - or OSS - the precursor to today's Central Intelligence Agency. One such Marine in Europe was Peter Ortiz who, by the time he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942, already ...

#87: Extra Innings - More Baseball Players at Arlington

April 24, 2023 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Thanks to a question posed to me at a high school baseball game by listener Chris A., I looked a little deeper to see if there were other professional baseball players besides Spottswood Poles buried at Arlington. It turns out that there are six so I decided to give a short vignette about each of them. Today's Ghosts of Arlington are: Navy Sailor Oscar Bielaski (Section 17, Grave 17991) Army Private William Stearns (Section 13, Grave 13931) Army Private William Stearns, Jr. (Section 17, Gr...

#86: One of the Best Baseball Players You've Never Heard of, Spottswood Poles

April 17, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

Record keeping was haphazard in the early days of baseball - it was even less standardized for African American players in the early days of the Negro Leagues. Even so, with the statistics we do have available, we can say for certain that Spottswood Poles was one of the best. With hitting like Ty Cobb and speed that rivaled Cool Papa Bell, its likely that if Poles played in the hayday of the Negro League, not long before Jackie Robinson shattered baeball's color barrier, that he would be in ...

#85: The First Burial at Arlington

April 03, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

While we have talked about the first military burials at Arlington as a national cemetery, we have not talked about the first overall burial on the grounds, back when it was still a plantation. The first person buried at Arlington was a women well known in Virginia and the region beyond thanks to the first cookbook published in the Americas, by an American, for Americans, The Virginia House-Wife. Today's Ghost of Arlington is: Mary Randolph (Section 2, Grave S-6) The introduction and tran...

#84: Godspeed John Glenn, Part II

March 27, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

Before his final senate term was up, John Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space (a record that would stand until 2021. After retiring from the senate, he continued to teach public policy and preach public service at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. He also continued to see the world with his beloved wife, Annie. She even convinced him to appear on an episode of the award winning sitcom, Frasier. Glenn lived a full life. Though he was the oldest of ...

#83: Godspeed John Glenn

March 20, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

After becoming the first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn hoped to return to space and hoped to be the first person to set foot on the moon, but after NASA failed to put him on the flight rotation, he left the agency, retired from the Marine Corps, and joined the private work sector. He also nurtured a close friendship with Robert F. Kennedy. The two became so close that the Kennedys and the Glenns routinely vacationed together. Kennedy became the Glenn's political mentor and w...

#82: The Space Shuttle, Part VIII

March 13, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

A presidential commission followed the Challenger disaster and that commission issued recommendations to make space travel safer, but it missed a major issue that had been happening on takes off for almost as long as the shuttle had been flying. Large chunks of foam would flake off and strike the tiles protecting the shuttle and its crew from extreme heat during reentry. During the launch of Columbia for STS-107, a tile was damaged so badly that it failed on reentry and that shuttle was lost...

#81: The Space Shuttle, Part VII

March 06, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

Through the Rogers Commission hearings, the truth comes out about the faulty O-rings and that if those in charge had listened to the concerns of the engineers below them, the disaster could have been avoided by waiting until the weather warmed up to launch the shuttle. Joh Denver also makes good on his promise to write a song for the Teacher in Space winner. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for ...

#80: The Space Shuttle, Part VI

February 27, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

Despite warnings that it was likely not safe to launch in such cold weather, NASA gave Challenger the go ahead on January 28, 1986. Seventy three seconds after liftoff, the shuttle stack suffered a catastrophic malfunction and exploded. Seven astronauts lost their lives, but not from the explosion itself. We'll look at exactly what happened in this episode. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for i...

#79: The Space Shuttle, Part V

February 20, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB

Christa McAuliffe's four months of training draw to and end. Before the launch, she get's to head home to spend Christmas and New Year's with her family and then it's off to Florida for the launch, a launch that was delayed several times until NASA felt pressure to get the mission underway no matter what. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for its continued help to spread the word about the podcas...

#78: The Space Shuttle, Part IV

February 13, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MB

The Teacher-in-Space finalists take a ride on the vomit comet and are rewarded with a trip to Space Camp, which tragically results in the death of an employee, before returning to Washington, DC for the announcement of which one of them will be joining the crew of STS-51-L. We also learn why mission specialist astronauts really don't like - some might even ay hate -  payload specialist non-astronauts. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very sp...

#77: The Space Shuttle, Part III

February 06, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

Following the first several shuttle missions, particularly after Sally Ride's historic flight on the seventh mission, public interest in the shuttle program dropped off much as it had following Apollo 11 and the first successful moon landing. In an attempt to rekindle public interest, President Reagan announced that the 25th shuttle mission would include a non-astronaut. NASA would be sending the first private citizen to space, a teacher who be selected following a nationwide application per...

#76: The Space Shuttle, Part II

January 30, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MB

To qualify the Space Shuttle, four test flights into space with two member crews, were launched to prove its spaceworthiness. After the final of these flight, which landed on July 4 - a date I'm sure what not a coincidence - President Ronald Reagan declared the Shuttle fully mission capable. Between 1983 and 1985, three more shuttles joined the fleet and the seventh mission of the shuttle era, STS-7, saw Sally Ride become the first American woman in space. The Space Race series introduction...

#75: The Space Shuttle, Part I

January 23, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

Even before the end of the Apollo Program ended, work on the next generation space vehicle began. The result was the Space Shuttle, NASA's workhorse that would serve for 30 years, but was not able to completely live up to its pre-production hype. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for its continued help to spread the word about the podcast on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/MountainUpCapComp...

#74: Space Stations, Part II

January 16, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB

The first International Space Station was a joint US-USSR mission called the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program in 1975 when three astronauts and two cosmonauts spent nearly two days together docked in Earth orbit. It was planned during a thawing of the Cold War but by the time the mission ended, the poticial climate was chilling again and it would be the final time Americans and Russians would shake hands in space for twenty years. One of the three Americans on this mission was Mercury Seven astron...

#73: Space Stations, Part I

January 09, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MB

After accepting they would not make it to the moon first, the Soivet Union shifted thier focus on creating space stations for scientific and miltiary observations in low Earth orbit. These stations, called Salyuts, saw several iterations in the 1970s. Not to be out done, the US launched its own Space Station - Skylab - built from left over Apollo Program parts following the final Apollo mission. The three US crews to call Skylab home spent nearly six months in space collectively, but tow of ...

#72: The Apollo Program, Part XVII

January 02, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

We have finally reached the end of the Apollo program, but the return of Apollo 17 from the moon doesn't mark the end of the space race era just yet. When the Soviets abandoned their mission to the moon, they went all in on near-Earth observations and started the era of the space station. The Space Race series introduction music is Lift Off by kennysvoice. As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for its continued help to spread the word about the podcast on Facebook at:...

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