Have anybody ever gotten stranded (temporarily) in LEO? As in, did the Russians ever got stuck in one of their stations and had to send replacement Soyuz? (I recently read somebody make a reference to this but I'd never heard of that before)How about close calls? I know the Soyuz TM-5 almost jettisoned the service module while still on orbit. Phew.
12. Soyuz-10 undocking. 1971 Apr 23. Probe/cone mechanism failed during docking with Salyut-1. Undocking command failed, probe was jammed. Crew jumped back and forth inside Soyuz to shake jam loose.
Quote from: GncDude on 05/29/2011 03:10 amHave anybody ever gotten stranded (temporarily) in LEO? As in, did the Russians ever got stuck in one of their stations and had to send replacement Soyuz? (I recently read somebody make a reference to this but I'd never heard of that before)How about close calls? I know the Soyuz TM-5 almost jettisoned the service module while still on orbit. Phew.The Soyuz 32-33-34 story was dicey, too.
Quote from: Jorge on 05/29/2011 04:11 amQuote from: GncDude on 05/29/2011 03:10 amHave anybody ever gotten stranded (temporarily) in LEO? As in, did the Russians ever got stuck in one of their stations and had to send replacement Soyuz? (I recently read somebody make a reference to this but I'd never heard of that before)How about close calls? I know the Soyuz TM-5 almost jettisoned the service module while still on orbit. Phew.The Soyuz 32-33-34 story was dicey, too.Well, Soyuz 33 was dicey. The Soyuz 32 crew on board Salyut 6 were safe enough.