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Topic: ASTP command module rescue configuration
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LM-12
Member Posts: 3451
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-24-2020 03:43 AM
  
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Mission Evaluation Report briefly mentions some type of Soyuz crew rescue, described in this paragraph on page A-45: Command module rescue configuration:Two options were developed for use in the event that rescue of the Soyuz crew became necessary. One option provided for rescue of the Soyuz crew in the event of a contingency arising subsequent to launch. The second option provided for rescue in the event of a Soyuz failure before the normal Apollo launch. For the first option, restraint harness assemblies, foot restraints, and helmets were stowed in the locations shown in figure A-26. Torso and buttock pads were stowed in the crew couches. For the second option, two lockers containing extra rescue equipment and survival gear would have replaced lockers A-2 and A-3. I have heard of a possible Skylab rescue mission, but I don't recall ever reading anything else about a possible ASTP rescue mission, had a Soyuz failure occurred. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1666
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 07-24-2020 05:51 PM
It is a remote contingency, maybe that's why it got little attention. Would they have needed a full Apollo crew in this case, like with a Skylab rescue? |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3451
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-04-2020 11:30 AM
This diagram of the ASTP command module shows the location of the rescue equipment. | |
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