The report tells the story of two space test pilots named only as Bogdan and Sergey. The first tested Voskhod ships and the later tested Vostoks. According to Bogdan, his duties consisted of testing the performance of space ships on the ground as well as their landing capabilities. The latter test was known as check-out test (kontrol'nyy eksperiment). Bogdan also revealed that prior to the Voskhod series the astronauts had to land separately from the ship. (Author)
We Still Have Fourteen Minutes to Spare - the Story of Space Equipment Test Personnel
1967
8 pages
Report
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Englisch
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