Posted on December 17, 2015
“It’s a terrible scene. Komarov burned up. All the instruments burned. We must quickly find out what prevented the main parachute from unlatching.” Chief Designer Mishin after he arrived at the Soyuz 1 crash site.
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Posted on January 7, 2016
After 1957, the Soviets became accustomed to achieving “world firsts” in space accomplishments. Nevertheless, 10 years later they were not confident that they could pull off the world’s first fully automatic rendezvous and docking of two un-piloted S...
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Tagged:45k Star Tracker, 7k L1, 7k Ok, Adu 1000, Afanasyev, Agadzhanov, Barmin, Boris Cherkov, Bushuyev, Bykovskiy, Chasma, Chelomey, Chertok, Cosomodrome, Crimea, Design Bureau 1, Feoktistov, Igla, Kamanin, Keldysh, Kerimov, Khrunov, Kis, Korolev, Kosmos 186, Kosmos 188, Mishin, N1, Okb 1, Parachute, Proton, R7, Semyorka, Smirnov, Soyuz, Tass, Tregub, Tskbem, Tyura Tam, Ussr, Yeliseyev, Yevpatoriya, Yuri Gagarin
Posted on March 3, 2016
When we left the Soviet Union they had somewhat successfully landed a probe on Venus and they had completed the automatic docking of two Soyuz 7K-OK spacecrafts. However they did not reach their goal of a circumlunar flight in time for the 50th anni...
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Posted on January 22, 2015
The first Soyuz test flight was a catastrophic failure. Due to negligence, the attitude control system malfunctioned and used all of its fuel before a rendezvous could be attempted or even the second Soyuz rocket could be launched. When the Soviet...
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Tagged:500k, 7k L1, 7k Ok, Agadzhanov, Boris Cherkov, Bushuyev, Chasma, Chertok, Cosomodrome, Crimea, Crimean Naval Airfield, Dolinsk, Emergency Rescue Engines, Emergency Rescue System, Feed One, Feed Two, Feoktistov, Group M, Group T, Group Ye, Humikaan, Igla, Kalashnikov, Kamanin, Kamchatka, Keldysh, Kerimov, Khazanov, Kirillov, Kis, Korolev, Kosmos 133, Kuybyshev, Mishin, Okb 1, P V Tsybin, Proton, R A Turkov, R7, Rabotyagov, Rauschenbach, Rudenko, Ryazanskiy, Saki, Semyonov, Semyorka, Shabarov, Soyuz, Tregub, Tskbem, Tsybin, Turkov, Tyulin, Vachnadze, Voskhod, Yevpatoriya