Latest Apollo missions Podcast Episodes

S E15: Paperclip Family Legacies: Herman "Topper" Birney

Apollo 11 Legacies - September 12, 2019 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
"Topper" Birney recounts what it was like being a teenager at Fort Bliss when the German Rocket team came to America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

S E14: Paperclip Family Legacies: Juergen Haukohl

Apollo 11 Legacies - August 28, 2019 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
A firsthand account of the immigration experience for German families of the Wernher von Braun rocket team as they moved to Fort Bliss, Texas. Recorded as part of a panel discussion in Huntsville, Alabama February 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

S E13: German Heritage in Huntsville

Apollo 11 Legacies - August 14, 2019 20:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Conversation with Heidi Collier, chair of Huntsville's German-American Heritage Committee and daughter of one of the original German scientists on the Apollo 11 team.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...

S E12: Women Of NASA

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 31, 2019 20:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Discussion about the changing role of women at Marshall Space Flight Center. Six women panelists share experiences and stories about culture, NASA and the future. Recorded April 2019. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...

S E11: Through the News Lens: Recollections of Apollo 11

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 19, 2019 16:33 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Veteran news correspondents Jerry Hayes, Steve Johnson and Greg Screws share stories about the "impossible mission" of the moon landing, meeting notables like Neil Armstrong, and what the space program means to Huntsville. Recorded in WHNT studios July 2019. See Privacy Policy at https...

S E10: Think the Moon Landing was Fake? Come to Huntsville

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 17, 2019 19:56 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
NASA veteran Homer Hickam, whose 1998 memoir Rocket Boys was the basis for the 1999 film "October Sky," shares his thoughts about conspiracy theorists and returning to the moon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

S E9: Post-War Lives of Paperclip Families

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 03, 2019 15:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Operation Paperclip brought German scientists and their families to America in the chaos following WWII. Uwe Hueter provides firsthand experiences about life when his father Hans’ followed Wernher Von Braun to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

S E8: Immigration as Great Adventure

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 03, 2019 15:57 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
As German scientists and their families were moved to the US, there was both secrecy and risk. But for young boys, it was a great adventure. Klaus Rosinski reminisces with Uwe Heuete and shares humorous stories from their youth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

S E7: Coming to America Through a Boy's Eyes

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 03, 2019 15:57 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Volker Roth was only 4 years old when his family arrived in America. He shares memories of air raids, train rides, dust storms and learning to interact with Americans post-war. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...

S E6: Operation Paperclip: Family Life at Fort Bliss

Apollo 11 Legacies - July 03, 2019 15:56 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
German engineer Willie Mrazek surrendered to U.S. troops at the end of WWII and disappeared. His daughter Ursula Vann describes the uncertainty growing up under Army camp conditions and a foreign culture in part 1 of this 4-part panel discussion with offspring of von Braun’s team. See ...

S E5: History of Redstone Arsenal - Part 2

Apollo 11 Legacies - June 19, 2019 16:09 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
A former Brigadier General and astronaut, Robert Stewart continues his blow-by-blow accounting of the politics behind the space program, military involvement in rocket tests and the birth of NASA and the Marshall Space Flight Center. He details how the German rocket specialists escaped ...

S E4: History of Redstone Arsenal with General Robert Stewart - Part 1

Apollo 11 Legacies - June 19, 2019 16:08 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
General Robert Stewart, the first Army soldier to fly in space, gives the history of how the Huntsville Arsenal went from making chemical weapons during WWII to becoming the Redstone Arsenal and the birthplace of the space program. Stewart's captivating story covers the rivalries, playe...

S E3: Wernher von Braun and Huntsville - How It Came to Be

Apollo 11 Legacies - June 05, 2019 20:54 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Retired Army Materiel Command Historian Michael Baker talks about Wernher von Braun. He recounts the shock of the Sputnik launch, Toftoy "on his hands and knees begging," Vanguard's failure leading to Explorer 1, and the impact of von Braun and Army on Apollo mission and Huntsville spec...

S E2: Setting the Stage with Brian Odom - Part 2

Apollo 11 Legacies - June 05, 2019 20:53 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Brian Odom talks about the "full stop" 20-month investigation after Apollo 1 fire and its impacts. He reviews the Jupiter-C vehicle and Redstone missile programs, Nixon's undelivered speech in case Apollo 11 failed, and Huntsville's role in solving the next set of hard problems. See Pr...

S E1: Setting the Stage with NASA Historian Brian Odom - Part 1

Apollo 11 Legacies - June 05, 2019 20:53 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
NASA Historian Brian Odom helps us set the stage, starting from Kennedy's pledge to Congress as he doubles down to beat the Russians. Odom talks about the team's problem-solving approach, the audacity of the "all up" philosophy, and the impact of domestic immigration on Huntsville Alaba...

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Apollo 11 Legacies - May 29, 2019 18:31 - 46 seconds ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Launching soon: Apollo 11 Legacies, a podcast with details and personal stories from Huntsville, Alabama See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.