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DN>>I recall reading that at some point earlyish in the Russian space
DN>>programme that there was a retro mis-fire on one of their missions
DN>>This lead to the unfortunate situation of the space craft in quest
DN>>flying off directly into the sun.  The story mentioned something a
DN>>the wife of the cosmonaut in question being in radio contact with 
DN>>up to the very end.

DN>Yes. This last one sounds like stories about the Soyuz 1 accident.

I've come across a few references to Komerov's wife supposedly having
heart-rendering radio conversations with him during his flight. But as the
difficulties with the Soyuz 1 flight seem not to have been a precursor to
the parachute problem so it seems unlikely they are true.  There seem also
to have been rumours about manned re-entry accidents before Gagarin. 
Again, this seems very unlikely as, from Vostock 1, all Soviet manned
flights have been announced before retro fire.  A number of unmanned
Vostok ships did go the "wrong way" before Gagarin's flight though.

This latest story seems to be an combination of all of this.


Bill / Usenet: bill.edwards@almac.co.uk

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