Soviet Space suit at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow, Russia
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Soviet Space suit at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow, Russia
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Yuri was a very brave man.
That hand-painted CCCP would not instill a ton of confidence in me. Can’t even imagine what some of those guys went through
For additional context:
This model, named Беркут (“Golden Eagle”) was designed by NPP Zvezda in 1964 for use in extravehicular activities aboard the Voskhod spacecraft. The suit was used only once (that I know of,) during Alexei Leonov’s world-first spacewalk on Voskhod 2. Structural issues with the design caused the suit to inflate and stiffen up during the EVA, limiting Leonov’s movement and causing him to become too large to re-enter the ship’s airlock, forcing him to bleed off air to below safe levels in order to regain control.
One day, it will reawaken. And shepard us into the stars from whence we came.
The kids from the 80s movie The Explorers had it better.
I have a soft spot for Soviet technology, especially from the 1960’s to 1990’s. Something about them looks so cool