Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies by Ben Evans

Author:Ben Evans [Evans, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Technology & Engineering, Science, Astrophysics & Space Science, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Outer space, Astronautics, Space Race, Space Flight, Engineering (General)
ISBN: 9781441963413
Publisher: Praxis
Published: 2010-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

All seemed to be going well. The small drogue parachute automatically deployed on time and at 2:02 am, just a few kilometres above the ground, so too did the main canopy. Three minutes later, recovery crews aboard an 11-14 aircraft and four helicopters reported that they could see the descent module, swinging gently beneath its red-and-white parachute and had detected signals from it, although they were unable to speak directly to any of the cosmonauts. One of the helicopter commanders radioed a commentary to Yevpatoria and an overjoyed Alexei Yeliseyev took up the story: "Finally, we heard a report ... that they could see the parachute. It was wonderful ... Then, the report from [the helicopter commander]: 'It has landed. Our helicopters are landing nearby.' Well, it seemed that was all. Next, they would report the general state of the crew and with that we would finish our work. Only a few minutes more ..."

The touchdown itself was entirely automatic - from the parachute deployment to

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