Cosmic evil rock station world - a strange series of accidents and serious incidents that occurred on the Mir space station in 1997. In 1986 he went into space a new station "Salyut-8. The name is remembered only by those who designed and built this house a new generation of space, so as soon as the station went into orbit, the whole world knew her as "the world".
First change the name "Salute" - is not only a political step adjustment (supposedly attributed to this initiative Gorbachev), is actually the name of the spacecraft to a large extent determine the fate not only of flight, and crew. Well, almost without a break spent the ships named "Luna", "Venus," "Vega", in the same time more than one device with the names of "H", "Mars, Phobos is not fulfilled until the end of their program.
In 1994 the unit offered to rename the Mars-9 "in another, but the name" Mars-94 ", and then modified because of a delay in the launch of" Mars-96 ", no salvation - in November 1996 on the Mars -96 "happily drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
Regarding the name "Salute", the evil of rock with a few interruptions, pursued these stations from the beginning, is the largest in the history of the death of the Soviet cosmonauts (crew Dobrovolsky, Volkov, Patsaeva) occurred immediately upon returning from the first expedition of "Cheers."
Station "Mir" ( "Salut-8") were modified versions of all civil "Cheers" (including the deceased "Salyut-2"), but the fate of its radically different from previous ones.
The name of "peace" was lucky. In the sense that the adventure and misfortune to the "world" was more than for any previous history of space, but they all ended peacefully.
In 1987, at the April day of space for the first time in the history of the ships managed to join hands in a literal sense: astronauts have to remove the bag from outside the docking station, which took prosovyvat hand in 20-cm crack, risking to be sandwiched between two 20-ton huge.
So with great difficulty managed to join the "world"-W module "Kvant". As it turned out, the name "Quantum" is also classified as not very successful, after a short time, the D-module "Kvant-2" also had those same difficulties in the rapprochement with the base unit, and again the heroic astronauts rescued from module offers TsUPa flood recalcitrant unit in the ocean.
When preparing to start the third module in a very nervous atmosphere waiting time someone offered to get rid of the name and compromised T-module "Kvant-3 'for docking podletel already being known worldwide as the" Crystal ". Docking was great! But the old "maiden" name still has not come.
In January 1994, the crew of Soyuz TM-17 "detour station for visual inspection and are close to the very module" Kristall ", suddenly began to feel like their ship became intertwine on the corner of pitch. Why automatic control has failed and why it happened in this most dangerous time - up to now not been possible.
Perhaps the technology out of control and some sort of oversight allowed cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliev, in any case became public made at the time record of negotiations between him and around the laser rangefinder Alexander SEREBROVYM.
At the time of the accident business dialogue is replete with the Russians unprintable expressions and reduced, in a sense, to one question: "... Where are you ..., ..., rulish ...?" But then the talk was there and the crew was able to just barely passed for manual control. Of course, the moment was lost and the "Union" has also hit the "Crystal" the most vulnerable part of his - lander.
Hold still for a moment astronaut - and would blow stronger.
And more - a place to decompression (though astronauts have been ready in the suit), or corrupted to thermally insulated sheathing SA, which certainly would have not stood the fire of descent in the atmosphere and turned to the two crew members in a handful of ashes. This incident forever gone down in history as the first in the world of the collision of two vehicles in space. Лиха trouble started.
The world's first serious fire in space occurred at the "world" after 3 years, in February 1997 on. More precisely, the fire is not a central block of "Peace" and all of the same ill-fated first Kvant. And this time Russian men are not lost in space and let (for the first time!) In the case of fire extinguishers.
Smoke haze was not too large, but due to the fact that the air station is located in a closed volume, had a day of walking (ie, fly) in the respirator, and the smell of burnt maintained even after several weeks.
Astronauts - the grateful people, and they are certainly a good word pomyanuli the late designer of the Queen, who is full of their savior. Once at the dawn of space, when only drawn the basic outline of manned ships, Sergei Pavlovich strongly advocated the complexity of life, although there was a big temptation to set up booths in all the vehicles oxygen atmosphere - and simpler and lighter weight, and reliable in operation, and pressure in the cabin reduces to a minimum.
Americans have chosen this, although well aware the only negative of such a decision - in pure oxygen the fire can arise from any sparks.
He arose at the first opportunity, killing three members of the crew of Apollo (the astronauts were not able even to reach out to the useless fire extinguishers). A little later, a fire was and the "Salute", astronauts in a panic like to leave the station, but then correctly Acad Mishin insisted - returned, removed the accident and continued to work.
If by "world" was not the oxygen-nitrogen "earth" mixture of gas and pure oxygen, the station would instantly become the world's first crematorium in orbit, extinguish the fire which is impossible in principle. Is that by depressurization ...
And the world's first inhabited cabin depressurization occurred also in the "world". On the afternoon of 25 June 1997 the second happened in the world clash in space, the second time in the ship's steering wheel-ram is the same astronaut - Vasily Tsibliev.
The case is doubly rare - of the hundreds of Russian pilots Taranov only have 2 units of packaging, from hundreds of Japanese kamikaze - none at all, but here - 2 ram in a vacuum - and get off only light fright, reprimand and suspension from work! ..
But the accident started long before that - it was planned when the collapse began allied ties between Russia and Ukraine samostiynoy, which previously made some parts of the system "course" - the same, which provides up to date approach and docking of ships in space.
"The first call was made on 4 March, when the failed to re-docking of" Progress M-33. " Privezshy supplies from Earth Progress undocked and carried from the station to temporarily release the docking site for the Soyuz TM-25, but returned with two attempts to return the truck were not able, pomuchivshis him enough, just to drown him in the ocean, together with such necessary Astronauts to stockpile fresh water ...
The cause of the failures of the thirty-third "progress" have decided to find it using the thirty-fourth "progress" ... and once again failed! The truck was taken from the station, stood at a distance a half hundred meters, and again broke in the complex.
Thought that scatters in the experimental training docking, as it turned - dispersed to ram! The challenge was to get docking pole "progress" in the docking crater diameter of less than m, and at such speed - the task of jewelry, but when repeated numerous times in practice.
In several hundred cases of successful connections were a few misses, but the electronics are always warned in advance of the error, and slow down ships to finish before the kerf in the side wall or end of the docking station.
Pilot truck remotely Tsibliev realized that misses and gave the command to stop ... However, it is understood that a little later than if they would be able to see standing on the "Progress" system "course."
"Thirty-four" may hinder some 30 meters, but ... did not ... perhaps because the antenna on which the command is passed to the "Peace" to the braking was at that moment might have to escape the shell of the World. "
"Progress M-34 crashed into the Spektr module (formerly" Kvant-4 ") at a relatively slow speed. Antenna truck hurt for silicon elements Sat, truck otletel to hit the radiator cooling, re-start the solar battery, and only then otfutbolilsya aside.
The American crew member of "Peace" Michael FOEL did not even feel the kick (for him). However, the blow has fallen on one of the most vulnerable places - on a farm of solar panels, which is like pulling over for a big strong arm, could turn anything with meat. "
Vlekomaya weight of the ship-ram solar array eversion of course building your own module mounting unit. Hole! In the flawed area of 4 sq. cm immediately rushed air Tsibliev and Lazutkin heard singing (with the noise of fans it was not easy) and rushed to the compartment!
Urgent action is needed most, by going to the second. As the round hole was not possible to sacrifice space was born a bay - one of 6 modules of the orbital complex.
Airproof quickly slam the hatch on the old station is almost impossible (through the hatches are nakinutye over time the wires and hoses), but the two Russian members of the team acted together - and closed the door on time, because they have not yet managed to end zagermetizirovatsya, as in the branches of the module was already cold and vacuum of space.
Breath, astronauts went to Earth to report on what has happened. In addition to the loss of 1 / 6 the volume of the station, she once lost and a third or even half of all energy - the cables of the SC spectrum in a hurry off with the hatch zadraivanii ...
In spite of the old building (in places - thinner than cardboard), and all accidents to the "World" continues to watch. More and more time is needed to maintain it in working condition.
Astronauts are forced to manually manage the station because of recurrent (strictly on Mondays), the provision of on-board computer, edge uzhom in the smallest cracks, eliminating leaks in the system thermal unit "Kvant", as long as they are not done, the temperature of everything in the same " Kvant "remains in the bath.
Just not with water vapor, and with alcohol - from leaks to the atmosphere pp station disappears nothing other than motor spirits. Carry out repairs to a durmanyaschey and confusing hot legs and simultaneously heating the atmosphere can only Russian part of the crew ...
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