Post 23, A Man on the Moon
hi here next post
first do error of my part the Crew of Zond-11 got mix up with Zond-12. and the one month limit is past.
Sorry about that.
This post is dedicated to a man who off all, had the Right to be first on the Moon
Post 23, A Man on the Moon
Beginning in June the Saturn V with Apollo 11 rolled out toward it Launch pad for it's scheduled launch on 16 July, 1969.
However at Baikonur Cosmodrome, things looked different here, they had installed Two Lunar rockets on there Launch Pads.
One had flow successful the LK backup too the Moon.
While Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko were Returning to Earth, hardware preparations were ongoing for the Manned Landing on Moon.
The Zond-12 Crew had trained hard for this mission and was ready.
But time was of essential the N1-L9 had to bring Zond-12 on the right phase of the Moon, giving the LK-pilot the right illumination to see boulders and Craters.
At 27 June as the Americans did the Countdown Demonstration Test with Apollo 11 the Soviets gave the starting shot in the for race to Moon, Zond-12 blasted off.
After it entered into a 200 km low earth orbit it remained there for 25 hours, checking the systems and uploaded new information for TLI
28 June Zond-12 made it's Trans Lunar Injection burn. It will need over 5 days to reach the Moon
until Zond-12 entered an elliptical lunar orbit (150x50 km) at afternoon of the 2 July. On 3 July the Crew located the Lunokhod 3 and LK-backup landing site.
LOK pilot Pavel Popovich and Flight Engineer Vladimir Komarov prepared the landing procedure as, the L-3 complex lowered its orbit to 100 km by 20 km
Vladimir Komarov enter his Kerchet Spacesuit and began to EVA to the LK craft, He entered it and started up its systems then detached the LK with its Block-D from the Load-baring structure cover and LOK
Komarov used the Block-D last propellants reserves to brake out of Lunar orbit descending toward the surface, guided by 1000 kHz signal radio beacon from Lunokhod 3.
4000 meter over lunar surface Komarov jettison the Empty block-D and ignite the LK engines.
On July 4 1969 Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov landed as First human in history on the Moon.
Only 177 meter near Lunokod 3 and 360 meter near LK-backup
While Komarov prepared his EVA, Lunokhod 3 was reactivated and rolled toward the LK
Film by it’s TV cameras, Komarov exit the LK, erecting the Flag of USSR and saluting it, televised world wide by TASS with background music, the Soviet national anthem.
For a moment Komarov looked up at the Earth and said:
After that Komarov pulled the DALS out the LK and deployed the Scientific equipment packages near by. Then he collected samples of Lunar soil and rocks
He made several photos of his LK, the Lunokhod 3 which followed him via remote control and the LK-Backup at lunar horizon.
After 3 hours of exhausting EVA, he made a report over TV camera outside LK and return into in for the first meal on the Moon and resting. While he was eating something happened as he heard a loud BANG follow by hissing sound, lucky Komarov was inside his Spacesuit with faceplate up, which he close very fast.
It was not the Pressurized cosmonaut compartment, but the pressurized avionic container which depressurized !
and that was even worse, the avionic was cooled by nitrogen gas which ventilated through containers, now that it was depressurized, the electronics started to overheat fast and was now failing.
Komarov report what happen before the LK radios went dead.
Mission Control in Kaliningrad, react in turmoil and consternation at the news, now everything lies on the flight control crew of the Lunakhod 3 in getting Komarov to Zond 11's LK.
But the question was whether his LK-backup had a similar problem? Komarov inspected his LK, took photos of the depressurized avionic container and took the Sample container to Lunokhod 3.
and climbed on top of Rover, which was driven as fast as they could toward the LK-Backup.
Komarov radioed home with the new LK and without hesitation initiated the ascent order and took off a mere 4 hours after initially arriving on the Moon.
Now it was the turn of LOK Pilot Pavel Popovich, because the LK had a passive rolle in Rendezvous and docking, it was the task of Popovich to manage to catch up the LK and dockt with it, Komarov made his final EVA with his samples and Photos back to the LOK.
On 5 July at 10:59 the LOK jettison it’s Utility module with it dockt LK and return to Earth.
at 8 July around 10:00 the Descent Module entered the Earth's atmosphere for a skip maneuver and re-entered for landing on USSR.
Aftermath:
Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov was awarded a second time with "The Hero of The Soviet Union“ and "order of Lenin“.
The flight control crew of Lunokhod 3 was awarded with "The Hero of The Soviet Union“ and "order of Lenin“ for rescue of Komarov
The LK malfunction was do to a faulty seal on the pressurized avionic container, which caused the depressuring, reason was a faulty acceptance test at the point of manufacture.
Acting General Sectary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin announced the official Soviet program of manned Exploration of Solar system called: Galaktika (Russian for Galaxy)
Comprised of further Moon expeditions and a Soviet Space Station program beginning in the 1970s.
In USA the disappointment was great, on their National holiday, the had commies landed on Moon first and made spectacularly heroic events wordy of a Hollywood Movie.
On 16 July Apollo 11 lifted off to the Moon.
Nixon's first reaction was to fire NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine and entitle George E. Mueller as the New Administrator (the reason for Nixon choice was; Mueller was a Republican)
Now the responsibility lay on Nixon to react to the Soviet victory and challenge.
hi here next post
first do error of my part the Crew of Zond-11 got mix up with Zond-12. and the one month limit is past.
Sorry about that.
This post is dedicated to a man who off all, had the Right to be first on the Moon
Post 23, A Man on the Moon
Beginning in June the Saturn V with Apollo 11 rolled out toward it Launch pad for it's scheduled launch on 16 July, 1969.
However at Baikonur Cosmodrome, things looked different here, they had installed Two Lunar rockets on there Launch Pads.
One had flow successful the LK backup too the Moon.
While Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko were Returning to Earth, hardware preparations were ongoing for the Manned Landing on Moon.
The Zond-12 Crew had trained hard for this mission and was ready.
But time was of essential the N1-L9 had to bring Zond-12 on the right phase of the Moon, giving the LK-pilot the right illumination to see boulders and Craters.
At 27 June as the Americans did the Countdown Demonstration Test with Apollo 11 the Soviets gave the starting shot in the for race to Moon, Zond-12 blasted off.
After it entered into a 200 km low earth orbit it remained there for 25 hours, checking the systems and uploaded new information for TLI
28 June Zond-12 made it's Trans Lunar Injection burn. It will need over 5 days to reach the Moon
until Zond-12 entered an elliptical lunar orbit (150x50 km) at afternoon of the 2 July. On 3 July the Crew located the Lunokhod 3 and LK-backup landing site.
LOK pilot Pavel Popovich and Flight Engineer Vladimir Komarov prepared the landing procedure as, the L-3 complex lowered its orbit to 100 km by 20 km
Vladimir Komarov enter his Kerchet Spacesuit and began to EVA to the LK craft, He entered it and started up its systems then detached the LK with its Block-D from the Load-baring structure cover and LOK
Komarov used the Block-D last propellants reserves to brake out of Lunar orbit descending toward the surface, guided by 1000 kHz signal radio beacon from Lunokhod 3.
4000 meter over lunar surface Komarov jettison the Empty block-D and ignite the LK engines.
On July 4 1969 Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov landed as First human in history on the Moon.
Only 177 meter near Lunokod 3 and 360 meter near LK-backup
While Komarov prepared his EVA, Lunokhod 3 was reactivated and rolled toward the LK
Film by it’s TV cameras, Komarov exit the LK, erecting the Flag of USSR and saluting it, televised world wide by TASS with background music, the Soviet national anthem.
For a moment Komarov looked up at the Earth and said:
"Планета есть колыбель разума, но нельзя вечно жить в колыбели"
Translation: "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot stay in the cradle forever"
After that Komarov pulled the DALS out the LK and deployed the Scientific equipment packages near by. Then he collected samples of Lunar soil and rocks
He made several photos of his LK, the Lunokhod 3 which followed him via remote control and the LK-Backup at lunar horizon.
After 3 hours of exhausting EVA, he made a report over TV camera outside LK and return into in for the first meal on the Moon and resting. While he was eating something happened as he heard a loud BANG follow by hissing sound, lucky Komarov was inside his Spacesuit with faceplate up, which he close very fast.
It was not the Pressurized cosmonaut compartment, but the pressurized avionic container which depressurized !
and that was even worse, the avionic was cooled by nitrogen gas which ventilated through containers, now that it was depressurized, the electronics started to overheat fast and was now failing.
Komarov report what happen before the LK radios went dead.
Mission Control in Kaliningrad, react in turmoil and consternation at the news, now everything lies on the flight control crew of the Lunakhod 3 in getting Komarov to Zond 11's LK.
But the question was whether his LK-backup had a similar problem? Komarov inspected his LK, took photos of the depressurized avionic container and took the Sample container to Lunokhod 3.
and climbed on top of Rover, which was driven as fast as they could toward the LK-Backup.
Komarov radioed home with the new LK and without hesitation initiated the ascent order and took off a mere 4 hours after initially arriving on the Moon.
Now it was the turn of LOK Pilot Pavel Popovich, because the LK had a passive rolle in Rendezvous and docking, it was the task of Popovich to manage to catch up the LK and dockt with it, Komarov made his final EVA with his samples and Photos back to the LOK.
On 5 July at 10:59 the LOK jettison it’s Utility module with it dockt LK and return to Earth.
at 8 July around 10:00 the Descent Module entered the Earth's atmosphere for a skip maneuver and re-entered for landing on USSR.
Aftermath:
Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov was awarded a second time with "The Hero of The Soviet Union“ and "order of Lenin“.
The flight control crew of Lunokhod 3 was awarded with "The Hero of The Soviet Union“ and "order of Lenin“ for rescue of Komarov
The LK malfunction was do to a faulty seal on the pressurized avionic container, which caused the depressuring, reason was a faulty acceptance test at the point of manufacture.
Acting General Sectary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin announced the official Soviet program of manned Exploration of Solar system called: Galaktika (Russian for Galaxy)
Comprised of further Moon expeditions and a Soviet Space Station program beginning in the 1970s.
In USA the disappointment was great, on their National holiday, the had commies landed on Moon first and made spectacularly heroic events wordy of a Hollywood Movie.
On 16 July Apollo 11 lifted off to the Moon.
Nixon's first reaction was to fire NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine and entitle George E. Mueller as the New Administrator (the reason for Nixon choice was; Mueller was a Republican)
Now the responsibility lay on Nixon to react to the Soviet victory and challenge.
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