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Dec 06

Space Rocket History #453 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Mid-term Review

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According to George Low, the Soviet mission operations control room was quite large – it contained 16 two-man consoles, thus allowing them 32 flight controllers. In addition, there was a back row of consoles which were used for personnel such as the project technical director; this back row was also a work station for display controllers who control the main display boards in the front of the room.

Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City

Star City Location in Relation to Moscow

Soviet manned space mission control in Kaliningrad. Credit Getty Images

Jan 29

Space Rocket History #331 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – Life Aboard the First Space Station

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Dobrovolsky wrote in his diary, “Some days were a nightmare. There was a general absence of everything: no interesting things, no happiness, the monotonous sound of the ventilators, strong smells, numerous experiments. It seemed to me that Flight Control simply wished to test our endurance.”

  • Dobrovolsky & Volkov read instructions for Science Experiments
  • Station Life
  • Yeliseyev & Gorbatko at Flight Control
Jan 15

Space Rocket History #330 – Soyuz 11/Salyut 1 – What’s That Smell?

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Volkov radioed “Zarya, wait! Yantar 3 is in Soyuz. Don’t start until Yantar 3 has returned to the Salyut! There is a strong smell in Salyut! He will put on a mask and go in again!”

  • Farewell speeches and waves to the crowd gathered at the pad
  • Preparing to enter the Soyuz
  • Patsayev and Volkov on the Salyut
Jan 01

Space Rocket History #329 – Soyuz 11 – The Replacement Crew – Dobrovolsky, Volkov, and Patsayev – Part 2

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“I am proud to have been involved in the Vostok spacecraft which carried Gagarin on the first manned space flight and in its modification for Voskhod.” Volkov

  • Volkov
  • Patsayev
  • Soyuz 11 Crew