Triumph and Tragedy
Grujica S.Ivanovich
Triumph and Tragedy
Viktor I.Patsayev (1933-1971)
Georgiy T.Dobrovolskiy (1928-1971)
Vladislav N.Volkov (1935-1971)
Viktor Patsayev, Georgiy Dobrovolskiy and Vladislav Volkov
and to the thousands of designers, technicians and workers who participated in the development of the pioneering Salyut space station, and thereby in the beginning of a new era in the history of mankind.
Front cover
A technically accurate painting by artists Andrey Sokolov and Aleksey Leonov of a Soyuz spacecraft about to dock with the Salyut space station.
Rear cover
The main picture shows cosmonauts Patsayev (left), Dobrovolskiy and Volkov. The top two pictures on the right show Dobrovolskiy (left) and Volkov on board the Salyut space station in space; the Soyuz 11 descent module immediately following its landing; and an attempt to resuscitate Dobrovolskiy.
Dedication
Viktor I Patsayev, Georgiy T.Dobrovolskiy and Vladislav N.Volkov
Chapter 1
The TsKBEM building at Kaliningrad, Moscow
Sergey Korolev
Vasiliy Mishin
A depiction of the Soyuz spacecraft.
Leonid Brezhnyev with the crews of the Soyuz 4/5 joint mission
Vladimir Chelomey
Dmitriy Ustinov
`Space Minister' Sergey Afanasyev.
Two versions of the Almaz station
Dmitriy Kozlov
Early planned Soyuz variants
A depiction of the giant MKBS space station
Konstantin Feoktistov.
Konstantin Bushuyev
Boris Chertok
Boris Raushenbakh
Academician Mstislav Keldysh
The Ni lunar rocket was Mishin's dream
Aleksey Kosygin and Leonid Brezhnyev with the Soyuz 9 crew
Yuriy Semyonov
Detail of DOS-1 and Soyuz ferry
A model of a Soyuz about to dock with DOS-1
Engineers work at the main control panel of DOS-1
Chapter 2
General Nikolay Kamanin
The TsPK at Zvyozdniy Gorodok ('Star Town') near Moscow
TsKBEM fight engineers assigned to DOS-1
Introductory training for DOS-1 cosmonauts
Classroom work
The Soyuz 9 crew in space.
A cosmonaut in the DOS-1 simulator
DOS-1 undergoing final system tests
Relaxing playing chess.
Training with photo-equipment
Yeliseyev, Shatalov and Rukavishnikov.
The `first crew' for DOS-1 in the Soyuz simulator
The `second crew'
The `third crew'
The `fourth crew'
A group portrait of the first three DOS-1 crews
Chapter 3
The Soyuz 10 crew in training
The Soyuz 10 crew in the Soyuz simulator
The Soyuz 10 crew after 14 hours in the simulator
A cosmonaut tradition in Gagarin's office.
The Soyuz 10 crew attend functions
General Kerim Kerimov
The DOS-1 station in the Assembly-Test Building at Baykonur.
Final tests of DOS-1
DOS-1 on its Proton launch vehicle.
Preparing Soyuz 10 at Baykonur
The Soyuz 10 crew pose in front of their launch vehicle
Vladimir Shatalov
Shatalov in training.
Georgiy Beregovoy
Shatalov demonstrates how two Soyuz should dock
Shatalov after Soyuz 4's landing
Shatalov's Soyuz 8 mission
Aleksey Yeliseyev
Vladimir Komarov
The wreckage of Soyuz 1
Komarov's ashes are interred in the wall of the Kremlin
Yeliseyev in training
The crews of the Soyuz 4/5 joint mission.
A depiction of the external transfer from Soyuz 5 to Soyuz 4
Yeliseyev after Soyuz 4's landing
Yeliseyev's Soyuz 8 mission.
Nikolay Rukavishnikov.
Chapter 4
A rail transporter delivers Soyuz 10 to the pad
The rocket erected on the pad
The Soyuz 10 crew give a press conference at Baykonur
The first three DOS-1 crews at the pad
The Soyuz 10 crew report for launch.
Minutes before lift off
Speculative about what DOS-1 might look like
The main room of Flight Control Centre in Yevpatoriya
The NIP-16 complex in Yevpatoriya
The tracking ship Academician Sergey Korolev
The Soyuz/Salyut docking system
The Soyuz 10 crew after landing
The Soyuz 10 crew at the Kremlin
Chapter 5
The `first crew' for Soyuz 11
Aleksey Leonov, Valeriy Kubasov and Pyotr Kolodin in training
Leonov, Kubasov and Kolodin in the Soyuz simulator
Members of the first and second crews for Soyuz 11
Leonov recommends a chess move
Kubasov's medical
Pyotr Kolodin
The State Commission announces the Soyuz 11 crew change.
Dobrovolskiy, Patsayev and Volkov's press conference
The Soyuz 11 crew at the pad
Mishin with the Soyuz 11 crew
Chapter 6
Georgiy Dobrovolskiy
Dobrovolskiy's family
Dobrovolskiy in training
Training for Soyuz 11
Vladislav Volkov.
Volkov's family
Volkov in training
The crews of the `group flight' of Soyuz 6/7/8 in October 1969
Three Soyuz spacecraft undergoing testing at Baykonur
Volkov's Soyuz 7 mission
The Soyuz 7 crew after landing
Vladislav Volkov,
Volkov in training
Volkov and Dobrovolskiy
Viktor Patsayev,
Patsayev as a student and with his daughter
Patsayev's family
Patsayev in training.
Patsayev in training.
Dobrovolskiy, Patsayev and Volkov in training.
The Soyuz 1 1 crew in training
The Soyuz 11 crew in Lenin's office
Chapter 7
Dobrovolskiy, Patsayev and Volkov at the pad
The Soyuz 11 crew on top of the service structure.
Soyuz 11 moments before ignition
In the Flight Control Centre at Yevpatoriya
A depiction of a Soyuz about to dock with DOS-1
A view of DOS-1 from Soyuz 11
Patsayev and Volkov just after entering Salyut
Members of the TsUP at Yevpatoriya watch TV from Salyut
An inside view of Salyut
Part of Salyut's control panel
The flight engineer's controls on Salyut.
Chapter 8
Dobrovolskiy and Volkov on Salyut
The Anna-Ill gamma-ray detector.
The Orion astrophysical telescope