Look at all this Soyuz junk!

[Keatah]

http://saoirse-2010.livejournal.com/19823.html
Anybody care to do a basic summary of the captions?

[Artlav]

The graveyard of the landing capsules and descent modules.

1-3. They can be of different types and sizes.
4. Piece of "Progress".
5. Schematic of descent.
6. Various stuff
7. "Vertical'" sounding rocket heads
8. Mock-ups
9. Hard to take pictures - everything is in one big heap
11-13. Unknown piece of equipment
14. Probably Soyuz TMA-32
15. Contrast to a regular museum stand
20. Everything inside is disassembled
22. A pity they all are stored like this, and nobody cares

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artlav

 The graveyard of the landing capsules and descent modules.

1-3. They can be of different types and sizes.
4. Piece of "Progress".
5. Schematic of descent.
6. Various stuff
7. "Vertical'" sounding rocket heads
8. Mock-ups
9. Hard to take pictures - everything is in one big heap
11-13. Unknown piece of equipment
14. Probably Soyuz TMA-32
15. Contrast to a regular museum stand
20. Everything inside is disassembled
22. A pity they all are stored like this, and nobody cares

Here's my take two months ago....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galactic Penguin SST

 http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind...?topic=26951.0

http://translate.googleusercontent.c...GFebusACzvf0yA

In short, this guy somehow got into RSC Energia's storage barn and found a lot of used space hardware, including three descent capsules from early Soyuz flights to the ISS (including the ones from Soyuz TM-31, TM-32 and TM-34), at least one Raduga capsule used to deliver small amounts of cargo back to Earth from Mir on Progress flights, and several return capsules of the Vertikal sounding rockets.

[N_Molson]

Ah, this is exactly the kind of hardware I was thinking about when I was saying the other day that an used Soyuz capsule could make a nice simpit. I don't think they would charge a lot to get rid of them.