Feb 07

Space Rocket History #457 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Soviet Concerns with Apollo

The origin of the Soviet’s concern, regarding the potential impact of the Apollo Command Module’s Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters on the Soyuz spacecraft during docking maneuvers, can be traced back to a Skylab film.

ASTP Crew

Apollo Simulator

Crew Transfer Drawing. Credit Encl. Astronautica.

Jan 24

Space Rocket History #456 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Soyuz 16

Soyuz 16 served as a comprehensive rehearsal for the Soviet contribution to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).

Anatoli Filipchenko. Credit Spacefacts.

Soyuz 16 Crew

Nikolai Rukavishnikov

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.