Possibly the film-return capsules carried on the close-look Yantar satellites (not the main conical descent modules) or those on the Don satellites.
I've always wondered how they retrieved the famous staging film from the S-IVB. Was it by way of small entry capsules?
Quote from: punder on 04/09/2017 07:26 pmI've always wondered how they retrieved the famous staging film from the S-IVB. Was it by way of small entry capsules?Yes.
Quote from: Proponent on 04/10/2017 08:15 amQuote from: punder on 04/09/2017 07:26 pmI've always wondered how they retrieved the famous staging film from the S-IVB. Was it by way of small entry capsules?Yes.Wow. This isn't OT because we still don't know how big the capsules were... I'd love to see pictures of these things, and how they were mounted on the stage.
Quote from: punder on 04/10/2017 07:09 pmQuote from: Proponent on 04/10/2017 08:15 amQuote from: punder on 04/09/2017 07:26 pmI've always wondered how they retrieved the famous staging film from the S-IVB. Was it by way of small entry capsules?Yes.Wow. This isn't OT because we still don't know how big the capsules were... I'd love to see pictures of these things, and how they were mounted on the stage.The capsule was 7.7 inches in diameter, 28.5 inches long and weighed approximately 60 pounds.Two pictures here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=219&t=1576721