anyone ever heard a story (dont know much detail) of a supposed russian capsule that lost oxygen or something and is to this day (no one is sure how long ago) is orbiting the earth
2007-03-09 10:28:58 · 2 answers · asked by clomtancy 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
yes, there was an accident with one of the soviet capsules
on June, 6th 1971 the soviet capsule Sojus 11 lost its oxygene due to a malfunction of its depressurization valve after decoupling from Saljut-1 space-station, killing 3 soviet kosmonauts, Georgi Dobrowolski, Wiktor Pazajew and Wladislaw Wolkow.
however they managed to bring the capsule down remotely, so there's noone left in orbit.
2007-03-09 10:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by blondnirvana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In... 1969? 1970? 3 cosmonauts died because their capsule lost all it's oxygen during re-entry. It was a weeks-long mission, full of triumph, and... then disaster (much like the Columbia catastrophe a couple of years ago.) But, no capsule is "still" up there - except for the Soyuz craft attached to the ISS.
2007-03-09 10:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋