[FPSPACE] Soviet underwater EVA training preceding Star City Hydrolab?

[John Charles]

Dave, many thanks for the additional info. This is very helpful.
JBC

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:08 PM,  <Kosmos327 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> This was definitely a Mockup of the KSI loading as seen from the Almaz
> station side. The footage preceding the underwater shot shows several men
> examining this structure, assumably before it was placed in the water. The
> "frame" structure is the airlock section of the Almaz station while the
> solid structure is the docking end of the TKS.
>
> In "Russian Spacesuits" Issak Abramov states on page 116-117, "In 1967 the
> first sample of the ORLAN suit was manufactured, and its laboratory testing
> and refinement were carried out in 1968. Because the main type of cosmonaut
> training given for working outside the spacecraft under weightlessness
> conditions was done in a hydro lab, a special version of the ORLAN pressure
> suit was developed." And on page 138 "In 1974 the SOKOL-KV suit underwent
> laboratory test, including functional test, evaluation test on donning and
> accommodation in the KAZBEK shock-absorbing seat, and floatation test in the
> Zvezda water tank."
>
> Hope this is helpful!
>
> David L. Rickman
>
> http://almaz-ops-105.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
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