Fwd: [New post] “For the Tenth Time”: The Story of Soyuz 4 and 5 (Part 1)

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Date: January 5, 2013 5:02:05 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] "For the Tenth Time": The Story of Soyuz 4 and 5 (Part 1)

Ben Evans posted: "[caption id="attachment_29363" align="aligncenter" width="542"] Artist's concept of the EVA transfer of cosmonauts Yevgeni Khrunov and Alexei Yeliseyev from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4 in January 1969. Image Credit: Orbiter-Forum[/caption] At first glance, the fl" New post on AmericaSpace "For the Tenth Time": The Story of Soyuz 4 and 5 (Part 1) by Ben Evans At first glance, the flight of Soyuz 4 seemed certain to suffer misfortune. Its lone pilot, Vladimir Shatalov, arrived at the Baikonur launch pad in the desolate steppe of Central Asia on 13 January 1969, to become the Soviet Union's 13th man in space. He had already earned recognition as one of the most outstanding [...] Read more of this post Ben Evans | January 5, 2013 at 6:00 am | Tags: Alexei Yeliseyev, Artificial Intelligence, Astronaut, Berkut, Boris Volynov, Descent module, EVA, Exploration, Explore, Georgi Beregovoi, Human Space Flight, Instrument module, Lunar, NASA, Nikolai Kamanin, Orbital module, rocket, Rockets, Soyuz 1, Soyuz 3, Soyuz 4, Soyuz 5, Space, space exploration, Spacewalk, Vasili Mishin, Vladimir Shatalov, Yastreb, Yevgeni Khrunov | Categories: Ben Evans, Soyuz, Space | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7AJ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=29185