Posted on November 13, 2019
In record time, the OKB-1 rebels led by Yuri Semenov developed the space station designated DOS-7K. The station used the body of a vehicle from the Almaz project, but outfitted it with modified systems from the Soyuz spacecraft.
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Posted on March 1, 2024
At this point in 1973, the Soviets were attempting to fly 2 types of space station, the long duration orbital station scientific version called DOS. The other station was a military spy space station equipped with a machine gun, called Almaz or OPS ...
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Posted on March 15, 2024
This second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz 7k-T was flown on Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 missions from 1973–1981. The new 7K-T spacecraft was designed to accommodate only two cosmonauts who would wear pressure suits at all times during l...
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Tagged:Dos, Okb 1, Okb 3, Oleg Makarov, Ops, Orion 2, Proton, Pyotr Klimuk, Salyut 2, Soyuz 12, Soyuz 13, Valentin Lebedev, Vasily Lazarev, Vasily Mishin
Posted on May 17, 2024
Salyut 3 featured a “self-defense” gun purportedly designed by Alexander Nudelman for station use. Some reports suggest it was outfitted with a Nudelman-Rikhter “Vulkan” gun, a modified version of the 23mm Nudelman aircraft cannon, or conceivably a N...
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Tagged:Chelomei, Dos, Nudelman, Okb 1, Okb 52, Oleg Makarov, Ops, Pavel Popovich, Proton, Rikhter, Salyut 2, Salyut 3, Soyuz 14, Yuri Artyukhin