Dec 05

Space Rocket History #326 – Soyuz 10 – Undocking and Re-entry

… There was no provision for the possibility of undocking if the entire docking cycle had not been executed …

Nov 28

Space Rocket History #325 – Soyuz 10 – Docking with Salyut 1

“They can’t approach at that rate,” fretted Mishin. “Why aren’t you doing anything? Tell the crew what to do!” “We don’t need to do anything; deceleration will begin now,” Rauschenbach reassured Mishin.

Nov 21

Space Rocket History #324 – Soyuz 10 with Shatalov, Yeliseyev and Rukavishnikov

The objective of the Soyuz 10 mission was to deliver and return to earth the first crew of Salyut 1.  The Soyuz was to hard dock with Salyut 1 and then the crew was to transfer internally to the station.