[FPSPACE] FW: [lunar-update] Soyuz 4 and 5 docking January 16 1969 - Soyuz 5 rough landing coming up

[LARRY KLAES]

> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:51:24 -0800> From: larry.kellogg at gmail.com> To: lunar-update at news.altair.com> Subject: [lunar-update] Soyuz 4 and 5 docking January 16 1969 - Soyuz 5 rough landing coming up> > Soyuz 4 and 5 docking January 16 1969 - Soyuz 5 rough landing coming up> > A bit late in posting this bit but something to think about when you> consider your desire to be an astronaut, cosmonaut, or other> space-naut.> > Thanks Mark. He is referring to Soyuz 5 re-entry experience, January 17 1969.> - LRK -> > --------------------------------------------------------------------> Larry,> > slashdot reminds that today is the anniversary of Soyuz 4 and 5, and a> rather nasty re-entry for one hardy cosmonaut.> > http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/17/2113235> > http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/01/dayintech_0116> > http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/soyuz45/soyuz45.html> > Reading this, and reflecting on US Airways new Hudson River runway,> "happy landings" has special meaning.> > /m> --------------------------------------------------------------------> > And this link gives more information on how it is supposed to go.> - LRK -> http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Soyuz4-5/Index.htm> > If your interest has been aroused then take a look at a more sober> account from Encyclopedia Astronautica.> - LRK -> > --------------------------------------------------------------------> http://www.astronautix.com/flights/soyuz5.htm> snip> What went wrong: Service module failed to separate resulting in> nose-first re-entry.> snip> --------------------------------------------------------------------> > Want to go to the Moon?> Make sure your vehicle is road(space) tested.> > --------------------------------------------------------------------> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jan/HQ_09-014_AresI-X_module_LAS.html> NASA a Step Closer to First Flight Test of Next Crew Launch Vehicle -> RELEASE : 09-014> > HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA is a step closer to the first flight test of the> rocket that will send humans on their way to the moon as part of the> agency's Constellation Program. Rocket hardware critical for the test,> known as Ares I-X, was completed this week at NASA's Langley Research> Center in Hampton, Va. The flight of Ares I-X will be an important> step toward verifying analysis tools and techniques needed to develop> Ares I, NASA's next crew launch vehicle.> snip> --------------------------------------------------------------------> > Thanks for looking up with me.> > Larry Kellogg> > Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/> BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/> RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml> Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> > ==============================================================> http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/soyuz45/soyuz45.html> The flight of Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5> > * Launch of Soyuz-4 on 14 January 1969> * Launch of Soyuz-5 on 15 January 1969> * Rendezvous and docking on 16 January 1969> * Radio tracking of the mission by the Kettering Group> o World-wide coverage> o Biomedical subcommutation> o Voice on shortwaves> o Telemetry during the final orbit of Soyuz-5> * The mission ends - dramatically for Soyuz-5> * References and notes> > snip> ==============================================================> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F17%2F2113235&from=rss> Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 17, @05:33PM> > dj writes in with a reminder that forty years ago, on January 16,> 1969, the two Russian spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 carried out the> first docking between two manned spacecraft and transfer of crew> between the craft. Wired's piece gives a gripping account of "one of> the roughest re-entries in the history of space flight": "Soyuz 5's> service module failed to detach at retrofire, causing the vehicle to> assume an aerodynamic position that left the heat shield pointed the> wrong way as it re-entered the atmosphere. The only thing standing> between Volynov and a fiery death was the command module's thin hatch> cover. The interior of Volynov's capsule filled with noxious fumes as> the gaskets sealing the hatch started to burn, and it got very hot in> there (which, a short time later was something he probably missed).> ... But wait. There's more."> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/01/dayintech_0116> > snip> ==============================================================> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/01/dayintech_0116> > Science : Discoveries RSS> Jan. 16, 1969: A Rendezvous, and a Rough Ride Home> By Tony Long Email 01.16.09> A Soviet technician prepares an early Soyuz spacecraft for flight.> Photo: Today in Science History> > 1969: Two Soviet spacecraft rendezvous in orbit and transfer> cosmonauts, marking the first time spacefarers go up in one craft and> return to Earth in another.> > Soyuz 4 lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Jan. 14 with Commander> Vladimir Shatalov flying solo. Soyuz 5 followed a day later, carrying> three cosmonauts: Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yaliseyev and Eugeni Khrunov.> > The mission, with the docking and transfer as its centerpiece, was> undertaken as part of the experimental run-up to a Soviet lunar> mission, which never came off, and as a dress rehearsal for the> establishment of a permanent space station, which did. Soyuz 4 was the> active vehicle in the docking maneuver, which went off without a> hitch.> > After conducting various scientific experiments, running tests of both> vehicles' on-board systems, and evaluating the docking procedure,> Yaliseyev and Khrunov donned their space suits, bid Comrade Pilot> Volynov a hearty farewell and joined Shatalov in Soyuz 4. They would> be very glad they did.> > snip> ==============================================================> > WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK> > ==============================================================> This is the lunar-update at news.altair.com> https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> This list is a moderated list.> The moderator is Larry Kellogg (larry.kellogg AT gmail.com> Please send suggestions for postings directly to Larry.> ==============================================================> _______________________________________________> lunar-update mailing list, moderated by Larry Kellogg> To unsubscribe or change your options please visit:> http://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> Forwarded by GNU Mailman at Altair Engineering, Inc. http://www.altair.com/> _______________________________________________> lunar-update mailing list, moderated by Larry Kellogg> To unsubscribe or change your options please visit:> http://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update> Forwarded by GNU Mailman at Altair Engineering, Inc. http://www.altair.com/> 
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