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[GLS]

Happier days in the Russian/Soviet space program... well, maybe not happier, but certainly more active

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044007796505526501

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044008037757682017

Link to all photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10k2JS2G6QghJ7LwJnKjaKsSsCFxcSzGO?usp=drive_link

 

[GLS]

More goodies from the archives

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045875709650833913

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zvvtr728eEML1QsUbHg2fpbV7VPTuSzb/view?usp=sharing

 

[JDat]

More goodies from the archives

https://twitter.com/x/status/2045875709650833913

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zvvtr728eEML1QsUbHg2fpbV7VPTuSzb/view?usp=sharing

Is 1st Book also available?

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2047630467931734524

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049938165209645286

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049938784356086029

 

[dennis.krenz]

100% Zenit compatible.

(No joke. Ground interfaces of the Soyuz-5 are the same as on the Zenit, by decade-long design)

 

[Notebook]

Looks like it launched the world's largest Rubik Cube, and the simplest.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049975878373851387

 

[Astronautical achievement]

I wish they would rename it to Zenit 4. Because it is basically an upgraded Zenit, just with a different 2nd stage. A Soyuz, to me, will always be R-7 derived. I mean I get the controversy around naming it after a family of Ukranian built rockets, but there's no way a Soyuz should be powered by an RD-171 MV

 

[dennis.krenz]

I wish they would rename it to Zenit 4. Because it is basically an upgraded Zenit, just with a different 2nd stage. A Soyuz, to me, will always be R-7 derived. I mean I get the controversy around naming it after a family of Ukranian built rockets, but there's no way a Soyuz should be powered by an RD-171 MV

Imagine how it must have felt like having an US Atlas launcher getting powered by a RD-180.

 

[DaveS]

Imagine how it must have felt like having an US Atlas launcher getting powered by a RD-180.

First time that happened was on May 24 2000 when the first Atlas III launched from SLC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The Atlas III served as a bridge between the Atlas II and the oncoming Atlas V EELV.

 

[cybro]

Soyuz MS-29 took 3 hours and 5 minutes from launch to dock to reach ISS... The previous fastest time was Progress MS-15 at 3 hours and 19 minutes... Not sure if things just worked out that way or the Russians have started drag racing spacecraft to ISS... We'll see how this develops... Could be fun... ***

 

[Astronautical achievement]

Russia is just casually going for Earth-ISS speedruns like its another Tuesday.