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T O P I C R E V I E WAntoni RIGOSpace Cover of the Week, Week 689 (February 5, 2023) Space Cover 689: Bion-10Thirty years ago an international programme led by IBMP (Institute of BioMedical Problems) in Moscow took place with international participation.BION-10, formerly Kosmos 2229, that generic Soviet programme that served for everything, was developed by several participants: Russia, several ESA countries (Austria, France, Germany and Netherlands) and other countries as Canada, China, Czecholosvaquia, Lithuania, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan.Soyuz-U rocket was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome on Dec 29, 1992 and after 11,6 days in Earth orbit, capsule BION-10 landed safely on plains of Kazakhstan on Jan 10, 1993.BION-10 capsule carried many different biological experiments: two rhesus monkeys (named Krosh and Ivasha), newts, frog eggs and tadpoles, fruit flies, desert beetles, silk moth caterpillars, plants, seeds, seedlings, algae, and mammalian cell and tissue cultures. However, the most important for astrophilatelic collectors is that BION-10 also carried covers to space as pictured above.Postal stationaries, issued in 1991 depicting a Resurs-F satellite, were postmarked at Plesetsk on Dec 12, 1992 when they were packed and delivered to engineers to be placed inside the capsule BION-10. All exemplars bear a round violet and an octagonal violet seal. Additionally, were overprinted in black with text referring BION-10, vertically numbered and quoting total edition (only 100 units).Each postal stationary was accompanied with its correspondent and numbered certificate signed by A. Soldatenkov, vice-president of CSDB (Central Specialised Design Bureau).Finally, as a curiosity, Krosh and Ivasha survived to Earth return.micropoozGreat article Antoni! And something I never knew about (or paid much attention to back then).So, this looks to be a modified Vostok. But the engineering geek in me is curious to know what the pointy gizmo (that's an engineering term...lol) was on the front of the re-entry module? Any ideas?Antoni RIGOSorry Dennis. I have not answers to your questions. Maybe another people in cS can provide some comments.Ken HavekotteWow, I had forgotten that Russia's SCDB flew 100 postal covers on the year-long international Bion-10 bioscience spaceflight mission in 1992-93. A great flown space cover find, Antoni!But for Dennis, I don't think this cachet depiction of Bion-10's payload is correct as there wasn't a "pointed gizmo" at the top of the re-entry module from what I understand. This is more likely an early artist impression of the Bion satellite series, but isn't a completely accurate portrayal, as most all of the flown Bion payloads were quite similar with no large spike above the battery pack module.The re-entry module, seen in the middle of the cover's spacecraft depiction where the monkeys and bioscience experiments were located, had a circular flattened battery pack (at both ends) attached to it at top, but it wasn't at all pointed.Below the re-entry module was the service module, which can be seen in this depiction of a Bion spacecraft at top right. The battery pack module section on Bion-10 helped to shield the re-entry capsule against space radiation.
Space Cover 689: Bion-10Thirty years ago an international programme led by IBMP (Institute of BioMedical Problems) in Moscow took place with international participation.BION-10, formerly Kosmos 2229, that generic Soviet programme that served for everything, was developed by several participants: Russia, several ESA countries (Austria, France, Germany and Netherlands) and other countries as Canada, China, Czecholosvaquia, Lithuania, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan.Soyuz-U rocket was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome on Dec 29, 1992 and after 11,6 days in Earth orbit, capsule BION-10 landed safely on plains of Kazakhstan on Jan 10, 1993.BION-10 capsule carried many different biological experiments: two rhesus monkeys (named Krosh and Ivasha), newts, frog eggs and tadpoles, fruit flies, desert beetles, silk moth caterpillars, plants, seeds, seedlings, algae, and mammalian cell and tissue cultures. However, the most important for astrophilatelic collectors is that BION-10 also carried covers to space as pictured above.Postal stationaries, issued in 1991 depicting a Resurs-F satellite, were postmarked at Plesetsk on Dec 12, 1992 when they were packed and delivered to engineers to be placed inside the capsule BION-10. All exemplars bear a round violet and an octagonal violet seal. Additionally, were overprinted in black with text referring BION-10, vertically numbered and quoting total edition (only 100 units).Each postal stationary was accompanied with its correspondent and numbered certificate signed by A. Soldatenkov, vice-president of CSDB (Central Specialised Design Bureau).Finally, as a curiosity, Krosh and Ivasha survived to Earth return.
Thirty years ago an international programme led by IBMP (Institute of BioMedical Problems) in Moscow took place with international participation.
BION-10, formerly Kosmos 2229, that generic Soviet programme that served for everything, was developed by several participants: Russia, several ESA countries (Austria, France, Germany and Netherlands) and other countries as Canada, China, Czecholosvaquia, Lithuania, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan.
Soyuz-U rocket was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome on Dec 29, 1992 and after 11,6 days in Earth orbit, capsule BION-10 landed safely on plains of Kazakhstan on Jan 10, 1993.
BION-10 capsule carried many different biological experiments: two rhesus monkeys (named Krosh and Ivasha), newts, frog eggs and tadpoles, fruit flies, desert beetles, silk moth caterpillars, plants, seeds, seedlings, algae, and mammalian cell and tissue cultures.
However, the most important for astrophilatelic collectors is that BION-10 also carried covers to space as pictured above.
Postal stationaries, issued in 1991 depicting a Resurs-F satellite, were postmarked at Plesetsk on Dec 12, 1992 when they were packed and delivered to engineers to be placed inside the capsule BION-10. All exemplars bear a round violet and an octagonal violet seal. Additionally, were overprinted in black with text referring BION-10, vertically numbered and quoting total edition (only 100 units).
Each postal stationary was accompanied with its correspondent and numbered certificate signed by A. Soldatenkov, vice-president of CSDB (Central Specialised Design Bureau).
Finally, as a curiosity, Krosh and Ivasha survived to Earth return.
So, this looks to be a modified Vostok. But the engineering geek in me is curious to know what the pointy gizmo (that's an engineering term...lol) was on the front of the re-entry module? Any ideas?
But for Dennis, I don't think this cachet depiction of Bion-10's payload is correct as there wasn't a "pointed gizmo" at the top of the re-entry module from what I understand. This is more likely an early artist impression of the Bion satellite series, but isn't a completely accurate portrayal, as most all of the flown Bion payloads were quite similar with no large spike above the battery pack module.
The re-entry module, seen in the middle of the cover's spacecraft depiction where the monkeys and bioscience experiments were located, had a circular flattened battery pack (at both ends) attached to it at top, but it wasn't at all pointed.
Below the re-entry module was the service module, which can be seen in this depiction of a Bion spacecraft at top right. The battery pack module section on Bion-10 helped to shield the re-entry capsule against space radiation.
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