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Space Rocket History #170 – Apollo 8 – The Voyage Home

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:44:32
Publish Date: 2020-06-08 16:19:37
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Even a perfect reentry would subject the Apollo 8 command module to extreme stress.  With Gemini, the capsule re-entered from Earth orbit, but Apollo 8 would re-enter at approximated 25,000 miles per hour.  The forces of heat and deceleration would be much greater.

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