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Finally Kraft and Gilruth told the Soviets that if they were unwilling to agree to the telephone conversations then the NASA delegation might as well pack up and go back to Houston. After some hesitation, the Soviets decided to try the telephone telex approach.
Proposed Docking Mount
Proposed Docking Mount
Lunney’s Schedule for early 1972
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The spacecraft designers led by Caldwell Johnson faced a demanding task. Director Gilruth urged them to accelerate the development of the docking adapter design, aiming to have a functional model ready for the upcoming November meeting with the Soviets.
Apollo-Salyut Hardware
Present & Future Docking System
Docking Module Concept Design
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Trouble began on the sixth day of the flight, November 17. The capsule developed an atmospheric leak, the pressure first dropping from 760 to 380 mm of Mercury. With the drop in cabin pressure all the animal test subjects died. It would have killed any Cosmonaut not wearing a spacesuit.
Proton-K with 7K-L1
Zone 6 mission profile
Zond 6 Double-dip reentry
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The first attempt for a Zond 4 follow-up launched on April 22. It failed when the Launch Escape System sent an erroneous abort command at T+260 seconds and shut down the Proton booster’s second stage. The escape rocket fired and pulled the descent module to safety.
Zond 5
Zond 5 Recovery Indian Ocean
Scientist observing lunar Tortoises
