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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #460 on: 08/11/2010 11:02 am »
Do you know what were these "boxes" visible on Progress M-52 ?
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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #461 on: 08/11/2010 04:36 pm »
Do you know what were these "boxes" visible on Progress M-52?

These boxes are covering additional gas tanks, which were installed on Progress M-52, -53 and -54 cargo ships for delivery of additional gas due to Elektron-VM failures on ISS.
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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #462 on: 08/11/2010 07:54 pm »
Do you know what were these "boxes" visible on Progress M-52?

These boxes are covering additional gas tanks, which were installed on Progress M-52, -53 and -54 cargo ships for delivery of additional gas due to Elektron-VM failures on ISS.

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=16803.msg494219#msg494219

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #463 on: 08/11/2010 08:43 pm »
Yes, Venera-9 was launched from 81/24, Venera-10 was launched from 81/23.

Thank you anik and Stan, I've updated my list.

Kosmos 775 from 81/24

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #464 on: 08/12/2010 11:41 am »
Yes, Venera-9 was launched from 81/24, Venera-10 was launched from 81/23.

Thank you anik and Stan, I've updated my list.

Kosmos 775 from 81/24

Thanks, it's corrected now.
And thank you for the link for Progress' tanks !
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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #465 on: 08/16/2010 07:13 pm »
Anik, did you mean that launch pad 23 will never hoist any launch again?

Yes, I was told so. Launch pad 81/23 is for Proton-K launches only, and there will be only one Proton-K launch in future. It is very expensive to modernize this launch pad for Proton-M.

Are they still using building 92-1 for the assembly of Proton-K?

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« Reply #466 on: 08/18/2010 10:30 am »
Are they still using building 92-1 for the assembly of Proton-K?

I have no information about the last Proton-K launch (28th february 2009), but the two earlier launches used MIK-92-1.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #467 on: 08/22/2010 06:25 pm »
Hi folks, does anyone know what the final mass of Mir was before she was deorbited, not including docked Soyuz or Progress spacecraft? Thanks.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #468 on: 08/22/2010 07:21 pm »
does anyone know what the final mass of Mir was before she was deorbited, not including docked Soyuz or Progress spacecraft?

On March 23, 2001 the mass of Mir space station (Base block + Kvant + Kvant-2 + Kristall + Spektr + Priroda + Progress M1-5) was 129.7 tonnes.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #469 on: 08/22/2010 07:36 pm »
hi

i wonder if you can help me- i have recently become owner of some autographs a family member obtained during the 1960's in Glasgow, Scotland

this is one of them



can you help me identify who this is? the autograph is on the back

any help would be great

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #470 on: 08/22/2010 07:55 pm »
can you help me identify who this is?

German Stepanovich Titov, the second Soviet cosmonaut.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #471 on: 08/22/2010 08:06 pm »
thank you anik!

i was told by an autograph dealer in glasgow that it was gagarin as there was no record of titov ever having been in glasgow!


here is the autographs




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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #472 on: 08/22/2010 08:14 pm »
does anyone know what the final mass of Mir was before she was deorbited, not including docked Soyuz or Progress spacecraft?

On March 23, 2001 the mass of Mir space station (Base block + Kvant + Kvant-2 + Kristall + Spektr + Priroda + Progress M1-5) was 129.7 tonnes.

Many thanks! :-)

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #473 on: 08/22/2010 08:46 pm »
here is the autographs

I can not identify these autographs. It is not Gagarin's autograph, it is not Titov's autograph. I doubt even that it is cosmonaut's autographs.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #474 on: 08/22/2010 08:59 pm »
well i have no reason to doubt my dads aunt who got them for him back in the 1960's.

i have emailed an autograph dealer who specialises in cosmonaut autographs. he looked at the picture and said he believes them to genuine, he sent me this picture re gagarins autograph to show that he signed differently sometimes

http://www.astrocollection.com/main.php?g2_itemId=3441

god knows. i just wanted to know who it was ;-)

thanks for your help

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #475 on: 08/22/2010 09:10 pm »
he looked at the picture and said he believes them to genuine

Have he said which cosmonaut this autograph belongs to?

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« Reply #476 on: 08/22/2010 09:15 pm »
he looked at the picture and said he believes them to genuine

Have he said which cosmonaut this autograph belongs to?

he wants to buy them from me so is being rather coy about specifics- he has said the top signiture is gagarins thats why he sent me the link i posted above.

he has offered me £1000 via paypal tomorrow but i want to keep it. i just wanted to know who had signed it. i like the history of it!

i think ill email a few other autograph specialists and get further information!

thank you for your help! and if you are a spartak moscow fan then enjoy aiden mcgeady he is a great player!

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #477 on: 08/22/2010 09:36 pm »
he has said the top signiture is gagarins thats why he sent me the link i posted above

It is not Gagarin's autograph. I am sure. The first letter of this autograph is not G (Russian "Г"), but V (Russian "В").

i think ill email a few other autograph specialists and get further information!

Yes, it is very good idea.

if you are a spartak moscow fan then enjoy aiden mcgeady he is a great player!

Yes, I am Spartak's fan, thanks.

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Re: Soviet/Russian space programs Q&A
« Reply #478 on: 08/22/2010 09:40 pm »
he has said the top signiture is gagarins thats why he sent me the link i posted above

It is not Gagarin's autograph. I am sure. The first letter of this autograph is not G (Russian "Г"), but V (Russian "В").

i think ill email a few other autograph specialists and get further information!

Yes, it is very good idea.

if you are a spartak moscow fan then enjoy aiden mcgeady he is a great player!

Yes, I am Spartak's fan, thanks.

thank you again!

did you look at that link? gagarins autograph was in 2 parts- the 2nd part was identicle to the first autograph on the card i have.

you are probably correct but i am passing on the information this dealer told me! dont take this the wrong way but i hope you are wrong and he is right;-)

mcgeady is an excellent player, i will keep an eye on your results and hope he does well for you!

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« Reply #479 on: 08/22/2010 09:52 pm »
did you look at that link? gagarins autograph was in 2 parts- the 2nd part was identicle to the first autograph on the card i have

Yes, I have looked at it. Wait, did you mean that autographs on two images below (see red rows) are identical? I do not think so.

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