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2 Jun

2023

Feature image for the Failure to Launch Podcast showing the Soviet E-1 Luna probe

Failure to Launch: The First Moon Race 1958-60

While it has been a few months since I have published a new post on the Drew Ex Machina website, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t […]

Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight

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American Lunar Missions, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 3, Object E-1, OKB-1, Pioneer 0, Pioneer 1, Pioneer 2, Pioneer 3, Pioneer 4, Soviet Lunar Missions, TRW Space Technology Laboratories

14 Sep

2019

September 14, 2019

The First Race to the Moon: Reaching Our Neighbor

This is the second part of a series on the First Race to the Moon. The first part, covering events up to November 1958, is “The […]

Lunar & Planetary Missions, Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight

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1950s, American Lunar Missions, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Luna 1, Luna 2, OKB-1, Pioneer 3, Pioneer 4, Pioneer Program, Soviet Lunar Missions

2 Aug

2014

Vintage Micro: The Pioneer 4 Lunar Probe

Not all that long ago, the web was filled with articles and postings in celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. What is […]

Lunar & Planetary Missions, Spaceflight

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1950s, American Lunar Missions, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno II, Military & Intelligence Space Programs, Miniaturized Satellites, Pioneer 3, Pioneer 4, Pioneer Program, Vintage Micro