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Neil DC
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posted 07-10-2016 01:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Neil DC   Click Here to Email Neil DC     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pyotr Klimuk is celebrating his 74th birthday today. There is a very nice 4.5 minute film on Roscosmos' Twitter feed showing footage of his flights and career. Film that I had not seen before.

Klimuk seems to have been one of "the chosen ones" from early in his career. In many of the cosmonaut group pictures he is often seen front and center with the early cosmonauts.

Lasv3
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posted 07-11-2016 12:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lasv3   Click Here to Email Lasv3     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I remember that NASA management was not very happy with the fact that Klimuk's second flight of Soyuz 18/Salyt 4 was still in orbit during the ASTP flight in July 1975. There were some concerns whether the CUP (Soviet equivalent of MSC) will be able to manage two Soviet spaceflights safely in the same time. As history shows, everything went well without any problems.

onesmallstep
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posted 07-11-2016 08:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The concern, I think, was not really justified because, as is known, then-Soviet mission controllers were more than capable in handling the launch, rendezvous and docking of Soyuz 4/5 and the 'group flights' of Soyuz 6, 7 and 8 in years prior. I think NASA was more concerned about the redesign of the Soyuz following the Soyuz 11 decompression accident and new safety/flight procedures.

dom
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posted 11-13-2016 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dom   Click Here to Email dom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Klimuk is one of those forgotten cosmonauts who never gets his due.

Apollo-Soyuz
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posted 11-13-2016 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo-Soyuz   Click Here to Email Apollo-Soyuz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As a tribute to Klimuk, here is a scan of an autographed Soyuz 13 first day cover.

eurospace
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posted 11-17-2016 04:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The other autograph is the one of Vitali Lebedev, who was Klimuk's crew mate on Soyuz 13.

Daniel Lazecky
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posted 11-17-2016 03:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Daniel Lazecky   Click Here to Email Daniel Lazecky     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You can compare also: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. It's from my collection. Klimuk is a perfect man, he's a great character also.

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