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T O P I C R E V I E Wmusic_spaceIn Mark Wade's http://www.astronautix.com/flights/vostok1.htm, it is mentionned that Gagarin's Vostok 1 reentry capsule was still attached to the booster by a cable bundle at retrofire, and that the joined pair went through "wild girations" before the bundle burned out...Is this the Russian version of Glenn's reentry scare?------------------François GuayCollector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories!BLACKARROWThis account of Gagarin's re-entry problem is more or less correct, although the spherical descent module remained attached to Vostok 1's rear equipment module by a cable bundle, not to the booster rocket. There is a good account of the problem in "Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin" by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.music_spaceThanks, Arrow. I did check back on the Astronautics link, and I stand corrected: they dutyfully mention the service module, not the booster. What a story anyways!Thanks for the book reference!------------------François GuayCollector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories!
Is this the Russian version of Glenn's reentry scare?
------------------François GuayCollector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories!
Thanks for the book reference!
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