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Space Rocket History #227 – Apollo 11 – Rendezvous, Docking and Jettisoning
Space Rocket History Archive
English - January 28, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsScience History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The ascent of the Eagle was strikingly swift compared with the liftoff of the huge Saturn V rocket from Cape Canaveral. Of course for the Moon launch, there was no atmosphere resisting Eagle, and there was only one-sixth gravity to overcome.