space race

With a PoD later than 1956 create plausible scenario about the construction and launch of the SSTO. Can include everything except open, hot war between the US and the Soviet Union (nuclear wars, surviving/reforming Soviet Union, technocratic movements, Sino-Soviet War and Nixon winning 1960...

...does the USSR completely lose the space race, and superpower status?

Pioneer P-1 was set to launch late September 1959, but before it could the rocket launcher without the payload exploded on pad during pre-flight tests. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pioneer_p1.htm Suppose in another TL where the failure never happened and P-1 was launched mere days before...

This tidbit is from Encyclopedia Astronautix http://www.astronautix.com/v/vostok1.html Vostok launch delay - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Feoktistov, Gagarin, Gusev, Karpov, Nelyubov, Titov, Yazdovskiy. Program: Vostok. Flight: Vostok 1. Spacecraft: Vostok. The launch has been delayed...

I have off-and-on considered the idea of an earlier space race, which has manifested itself in two main iterations I wish to call The Cosmos in Their Hearts. The main problem is that I simply cannot be creative enough to imagine how the ideas I have would effect wars and borders and countries...

With a POD of 1945, have Britain and its Commonwealth be a key player in the Space Race with both the United States and the Soviet Union, possibly as a 3rd power.

On Wikipedia I read that the Vanguard TV3 satellite was originally planned to be launched on September 1957, but countless delays forced it to be postponed to December culminating in its Kaputnik embarassment. Let's suppose that in an alternate timeline most of the problems for the Vanguard...

So here is a question, especially for those of you who, like @WotanArgead are actually from the Former Soviet Union: If the Soviets are seen to have "won" the moon race (so most likely they are first to the moon landing, though I can see other paths to victory), what effect does that have on...

The Final Frontier: History of Alternate Space Race "To break the final frontier of humanity, to explore space, to pursue greater goal of a prosperity and progress. To take a step where no one walked, to improve our knowledge." [* ]Chapters are written from the perspective of described...

July 16 1969, the much anticipated Apollo 11 moon mission begins. The Saturn V rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, and all seems to be going well. Then... exactly 90 seconds after liftoff, Apollo 11 goes up in flames and is consumed by a massive explosion. The moment is caught live by...

Over in the "Carter lets the Space Shuttle die" thread the conversation has been drifting towards a more general discussion on alternate space shuttles. So here's a new thread for alternate space shuttles, I'm especially interested in what kind of alternatives would be possible with a PoD AFTER...

Would Vostok 1's mission patch stays as same as OTL's if American astronaut Alan Shepard became the first man in space, instead of Gagarin?

Cite: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earlier-icbm-for-us.419018/page-3 Shevek23 in a "micro-rant"* (quoted below) on the above thread whilst side tracking on Kolyma's Shadow TL (See/Read/Enjoy...

What it says on the tin, with a POD between 1900 and 1920, can you have a space race involving multiple parties (Nations or otherwise) Bonus points for- (the race spanning from 1950s to 1990s and ending with a landing on mars.) (the highest number of players)

What if instead of OTL Mariner 4's photos, ATL probe would send more interesting photos from Red Planet? Something that could suggest that there is or there was life? And what part of Mars should to photographed by probe in this case?

What would happened if woman was chosen by Soviet leadership as first human in space? I know that some Eastern cultures can be biased against women or Sergei Korolev could disagree with that but what if Khrushchev decided that if Soviet Union is making milestone - placing man in orbit it would...

"Comrade Yangel, you will build rockets like sausages. We want many of them!" - Nikita Khrushchev; 25th October 1960. It was 24th October of 1960th year in Gregorian calendar. Chief Marshall of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin, commander of Strategic Rocket Forces was head of R-16 ICBM...

As you probably know, the 50th and 60th years are considered an era of Soviet domination in the exploration of outer space. In particular, three events are most memorable: the launch of an artificial satellite, the flight of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin and the first lunar expedition of Alexei...

As you probably know, the 50th and 60th years are considered an era of Soviet domination in the exploration of outer space. In particular, three events are most memorable: the launch of an artificial satellite, the flight of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin and the first lunar expedition of Alexei...

2003 - China announced that first Chinese astronaut on the Moon will be sent until end 2016 and on Mars until 2030. 2009 - POTUS Barack Obama announced that United States of America must return to the lunar surface. 2011 - Indian un-manned lander landed on the Moon and released small rover...