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Space does not wish you well. It has no shortage of ways to kill you, and in the fifty years humans have been flying spacecraft around the Earth and out to the moon, the mortal perils have been eviden... Read more

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This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

S1E1: Apollo 10

There were a lot of mission rules in the official flight plan when Apollo 10 was preparing to leave Earth on its journey... Read more

20 Jul 2017

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24mins

Ranked #2

S1E2: Gemini 8

Neil Armstrong didn’t believe in omens, but he got a nasty one anyway the moment he climbed into his Gemini 8 spacecraft... Read more

27 Jul 2017

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22mins

Ranked #3

S1E3: Apollo 1

Whether ship or mere simulator, the Apollo had so far impressed most people at NASA as a slapdash machine. It was temper... Read more

3 Aug 2017

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29mins

Ranked #4

S1E4: Gus Grissom

Gus Grissom tried not to give much thought to the fact that the rocket he was riding to space was built to kill people. ... Read more

10 Aug 2017

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27mins

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Ranked #5

S1E5: Gemini 9

If Gemini 9 started off under a curse, the bad fortune seemed determined to stick around.TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you... Read more

17 Aug 2017

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28mins

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