The first attempt to launch Soyuz T-10 was aborted on the launch pad when a fire broke out at the base of the vehicle. Will We Ever Be Able to Sleep Our Way to the Stars? [1] Supporting spacecraft included the Soyuz T, Progress, and TKS spacecraft.[1]. At the other end I saw something like gas discharging, like a reactive object. In 1978 the Soviet Salyut-6 exceeded the long-standing Skylab record when its first crew passed 96 days in orbit. With a 70-80% chance of success, the mission was given the go-ahead. I saw it becoming transparent and like with a body inside. Soviet engineers realized they had only two options: abandon Salyut 7 or mount a rescue mission. Interestingly, intensive rounds of physical and psychological tests performed on the space station crew supposedly showed nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever. The Soviets understood that docking a crewed Soyuz spacecraft with Salyut 7 was a supremely dangerous maneuver. it appeared that there was perhaps something more going on beyond simple hallucinations. In April of 1982, the Soviet Union launched its ambitious Salyut 7 space station as part of the Soviet Salyut Programme, which started in 1971 and had the aim of eventually sending up a total of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissance space stations. In October 1984, Salyut-7s third cosmonaut crew returned from orbit aboard Soyuz, and the space station entered autopilot mode, monitored by remote command from the Soviet ground team. In more recent years with the rise of the Internet, the story has spread much further. Salyut 7 was the last of both the second generation of DOS-series space stations and of the monolithic Salyut Program overall, to be replaced by Mir, the modular, expandable, third generation. The payload was ejected, and the crew was recovered safely. It is still unknown whether these unidentified objects were representatives of a new extraterrestrial race or debris that flew through space. By 1980, this record had been extended to 184 days of uninterrupted habitation. Salyut 7 was the most advanced and most comfortable space station of the Salyut series. Bas sur des faits rels. He's written articles for MU and Daily Grail and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM and Binnal of America. Identical Twins Abducted By Aliens? Salyut 7 (Russian: -7; English: Salute 7) (aka DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including a total of 12 manned and 15 unmanned launches. Certainly ranking among these mysteries is a curious close encounter between some of the first people in space and, well, something else. Ten Soyuz T crews operated in Salyut 7. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. It carried three solar panels, two in lateral and one in dorsal longitudinal positions, but they now had the ability to mount secondary panels on their sides. To protect the inside of the windows, they were covered with removable glass panels. The Soviet Union, June 1985. The entire article and the contents within are published by, wholly-ownedandcopyright of UFO Insight. The all-Russian premiere of the film took place on October 12, 2017 by Nashe Kino. The first task aboard the new station was to launch a 28-kilogram (61 lb) amateur radio satellite from the trash airlock. Once the crew had replaced the battery and sensor and further adjustments to the out of alignment solar arrays made in August, Salyut-7 was saved and continued to support missions for a further year. The Soyuz was a 3 man craft but with just 2 crew, the third seat and with the automatic docking system removed completely there was enough room for extra supplies, food and water and more fuel for the extended mission. Hearing this, the Soviets immediately set their sights on such an achievement. Salyut 7 on Pluto TV | Documentaries | 2hr | At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet space station spun out of control. If you don't like what you read you can unsubscribe at any time. Required fields are marked *. Indeed, it was while the world witnessed a major Soviet propaganda victory in the space race that these events played out quietly in the background. The station was dark. The initial crew consisted of Soviet cosmonauts, Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solovyov and Oleg Atkov (who served as a cardiologist). This time all six of the cosmonauts witnessed them together. He would say of what he saw thus: The ET was standing upright in the Space Shuttle Payload Bay having a discussion with TWO tethered US NASA Astronauts. Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and But later that year, two cosmonauts risked their lives to revive the radio silent space station. In the power vacuum left by Chernenko's death, the Soviet response to the Salyut-7 capture became unpredictable and the Americans considered it prudent to call off the mission. One ancient tale, in particular, is that of the fallen angels, who were cast down to Earth. Enterprises of the state corporation Roscosmos - OAO Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and FGBU Research institute Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center - provided for filming equipment previously visited in space. Following the docking of the Soyuz T-12 with the Salyut 7 on 17th July, five days after the strange sighting, three more cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Igor Volk boarded the space station. In orbit the station suffered technical failures though it benefited from the improved payload capacity of the visiting Progress and Soyuz craft and the experience of its crews who improvised many solutions (such as a fuel line rupture in September 1983 requiring EVAs by the Soyuz T-10 crew to repair). Mir launched in February of 1986, but even with its replacement in orbit, Salyut-7 continued to make history. To feed this hunger, cosmonauts spent longer and longer in their capsules, on spacewalks and then, inhabiting manned space stations. . He also claims that the government has regular dealings with these creatures and that it is all kept top secret. The instruments and walls were covered with a fine layer of frozen moisture a picturesque scene that belied the severe risk of an electrical short. During hypnotic regression, Gagarin claimed that he could remember seeing an enormous, mysterious figure floating in space in front of him, and that he had heard a voice in his head saying, Do not worry, everything will be fine. He further added: I have to recognize that it did not have an artificial origin. It covers strange, mysterious, unexplained, and astonishing news. Water was also a problem, the crew had 8 days supply in the Soyuz. In 1985 one of the most audacious space rescue missions was launched by the Soviets to recover a space station that had been dead for months due to an unknown fault. 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Fortunately, cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov had previously performed a manual docking with the (then-functioning) Salyut 7, which was partly why he was chosen to head the rescue mission; cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh would accompany him. I dont know of anything that can make this movement tightening, then expanding, pulsating. Although this incident happened over thirty years ago, in cosmic terms, that is but a millisecond. As with its predecessors, Salyut-7 had docking ports to the fore and aft, so crew rotation and resupply could happen simultaneously. [2] Aside from the many experiments and observations made on Salyut 7, the station also tested the docking and use of large modules with an orbiting space station. Although the mission to dock with and repair Salyut-7 was extremely dangerous and challenging, the movie stretches the truth in a number of ways. In 1979, the Soviet Union was a superpower in search of a space station. In short, there is nothing to indicate or prove that what they saw was a hallucination. Sergey Astakhov, who is known not only as a cameraman, but also as a master in terms of difficult shooting techniques, was invited to design and control complex shooting devices. Appointments 866.588.2264. The video below is a light-hearted look at some of the better-known predictions of the end of the world and life as we know it. The station suffered from two major problems, the first of which required extensive repair work to be performed on a number of EVAs. The incident was fabricated by a satirical newspaper and has no basis in reality. The object resembles a barbell. These humanoid creatures had distinctive wings, and faces that housed a peaceful expression! They even projected overall feelings of peace and tranquillity among the crew members. The Soviets had intended to continue using Salyut-7 even after the launch of Mir. For these reasons, the names of the main protagonists have been changed. Dressed in winter clothing, the cosmonauts slowly went through the process of opening the three hatches that stood between them and the dark living area of the station. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Salyut-7 launched aboard a Proton rocket on 19th April 1982, and on May 13th the first crew launched to rendezvous, beginning a mission that would last a record-breaking 211 days. To withstand loads almost like real astronauts, the actors underwent serious physical training. Whats more, these events happened on two separate occasions, removing the possibility they were victims of some freak visual occurrence. On October 4, 2017, a pre-premiere screening of the film was held in the cinema hall of the State Kremlin Palace, which became the main event of the gala evening dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the launch of the USSR's first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1. However Jean-Loup did not fly on STS-51-G, instead with fellow French astronaut Patrick Baudry onboard. The 2023 Downed UFO Wave Over North America Just What Is Going On? Space News space history and artifacts articles Messages space history discussion forums Sightings The repair and reactivation of the station by Soyuz T-13 is the subject of the 2017 Russian historical drama Salyut 7. Salyut 7 was the backup vehicle for Salyut 6 and very similar in equipment and capabilities. Youll come back to Earth, before the apparition vanished into thin air right before his eyes. With Salyuts power being offline for so long it had been exposed temperatures it had never been designed to operate in. DOS-6, short for Durable Orbital Station[1]) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. Officially, the launch was scrubbed for technical reasons. Respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Counter: 27033. The first crew on Mir travelled in the Soyuz to Salyut, to collect and transfer valuable equipment: the only time a station-to-station crew transfer has taken place to date. [1] Various crew and modules were used over its lifetime, including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total. Instead, the only solution was to send up a Soyuz with a two-man crew consisting of Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Victor Savinikh to dock manually with Salyut-7 and attempt a rescue. After the station was returned to service Vladimir Dzhanibekov remained on the station for a total of 110 days. Although Salyut 7 had no power, Dzhanibekov and Savinykh did find some operable batteries onboard. Indeed, the film opens with a (partially fictionalized) depiction of her famous spacewalk. We have only within the last century really begun to comprehend some of its secrets to any appreciable degree, and there are certainly wonders beyond our imagination for us yet to behold. Although the air supply was safe they were limited to just one crew member at a time working in the station because with no circulation systems working, the carbon dioxide from the crew members own breath could build up to dangerous levels. Newest comments appear first, oldest at the bottom. After all, no one had ever really spent this much time continuously in space before, and so it should be only natural that they should have such visions. This was to be attempted by the next crew, the current one lacking the necessary training and tools. It was part of the Soviet Salyut programme, and launched on 19 April 1982 on a Proton rocket from Site 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union. It also seems rather implausible that a group of six highly trained, well-respected cosmonauts would get together and make up such a story as a hoax. This was hailed by the Soviets as the first launch of a communications satellite from a manned space vehicle, before NASAs planned launch of two heavy geostationary satellites from the Shuttle later that year. It docked with the station on 10 March, and was used by the crew of Soyuz T-9. The plot revolving around a fire on board the Soyuz T-13 and possibly returning with only Savinykh on board was added for the movie, in reality the crew took great care in ensuring all water had evaporated before turning on any electrical systems. The opinions and discussion in the comments below are not the views of UFO Insight, they are the views of the individual posting the comment. The Salyut 7 stayed in orbit for 8 years and 10 months. Hallucination or not? Claims that two Challenger missions (STS-41G in October 1984 and STS-51B in April-May 1985) approached Salyut-7 are equally unfounded. For months in 1985, the 16-metre (50-foot) long station drifted, silent and out of control. Once a day, Everyday the main computer instructed the solar cells to charge the batteries but the faulty sensor stopped the charging almost immediately. The Kingman UFO Crash A Discreet Downed UFO That Slipped Under The Radar? By methodically moving through a series of hatches, paying careful attention to equalize the pressures at each step, Dzhanibekov and Savinykh finally reached the work area of Salyut 7. }); Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly! Still, both missions showcase the incredible fortitude humans are capable of even while under extreme duress when they have the proper support, guidance, and determination to succeed. [8] Within a week sufficient systems were brought back online to allow uncrewed Progress cargo ships to dock with the station. Ground controllers switched Salyut 7 to its backup transmitter, which seemed to solve the problem at least for a bit. Dzhanibekov remained in orbit for 110 days, while Savinykh spent 168 days on the station (they returned home aboard different, subsequently launched, Soyuz flights). _taboola.push({ With the station back up and running, the crew of Soyuz T-13 was no longer on a rescue mission. The Space Race of the 1960s and 70s was measured in a growing of competitive record-breaking missions. On June 6th 1985 the rescue mission launched, and orbited for two days until it caught up with Salyut-7. Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, pp. This was also the day that the group reported strange lights and beings. Vladimir described the apparatus as a flashing tennis ball. View our Privacy Policy. Launched in April 1982, the Salyut 7 Space Station locked into Earths orbit soon after. 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