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TKS Manned Ferry
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TKS manned space station ferry.
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tksside.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS Manned Ferry
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TKS
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TKS VA test payload configuration
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ztksles2.jpg
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TKS
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TKS
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TKS LES Test
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ztksles1.jpg
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TKS
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TKS
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TKS landed configuration
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ztksland.jpg
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TKS
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Kosmos 1267/Salyut 7
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Kosmos 1267 / Salyut 7. This detailed painting was the first revelation in the West of the configuration of the TKS spacecraft.
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tkssal7.jpg
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Kosmos 1267/Salyut 7
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TKS
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TKS/Almaz/TKS docked together
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ztksalmt.jpg
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TKS
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TKS model
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TKS model. From left to right note launch escape system, VA re-entry capsule, main body with longitudinal fuel tanks and stowed solar arrays, docking system and EVA hand rails at base.
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tksdh1.jpg
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Credit:
© Dietrich Haeseler
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TKS model
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TKS VA interior
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TKS VA interior - Chelomei School, Leninsk
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vaintch.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS VA interior
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TKS model
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TKS model. Close-up of docking system at base.
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tksdh2.jpg
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Credit:
© Dietrich Haeseler
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TKS model
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TKS model
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TKS model. Close-up of main manoeuvre engines (in triangular housings top and bottom) and reaction control system engine cluster.
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tksdh3.jpg
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Credit:
© Dietrich Haeseler
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TKS model
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TKS/Almaz Model
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tksalmaz.jpg
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TKS/Almaz Model
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TKS VA capsule
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The landing capsule of the three crew military TKS transport/resupply spacecraft for the Almaz space station. Called ‘our Apollo’ by cosmonaut Leonov. After separation of the capsule from the Almaz the retrorocket assembly at top deorbited the capsule. TKS capsules (VA is the Russian acronym) flew 13 times between 1976 and 1983, ten times in capsule tests, three times as part of complete TKS spacecraft which docked with Salyut space stations. They were never flown manned.
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tksvamai.jpg
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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TKS VA capsule
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TKS capsule
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TKS capsule at Khrunichev factory.
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merkurkh.jpg
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Credit:
Khrunichev
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TKS capsule
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Lunar Spacecraft
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Comparison of Chelomei manned spacecraft. Left to right: Chelomei LK-1 circumlunar spacecraft with UR-500K third stage. Chelomei LK-3 lunar landing spacecraft. Chelomei TKS space station resupply tug. Competing Korolev Soyuz 7K-L1 circumlunar spacecraft with Block D translunar injection stage and UR-500K third stage.
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lktksles.jpg
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Credit:
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Lunar Spacecraft
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TKS capsule exterior
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The landing capsule of the three crew military TKS transport/resupply spacecraft for the Almaz space station. Called ‘our Apollo’ by cosmonaut Leonov. After separation of the capsule from the Almaz the retrorocket assembly at top deorbited the capsule. TKS capsules (VA is the Russian acronym) flew 13 times between 1976 and 1983, ten times in capsule tests, three times as part of complete TKS spacecraft which docked with Salyut space stations. They were never flown manned.
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merkext.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS capsule exterior
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TKS BSO
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The BSO (Bloka Skhoda s Orbiti - Deorbit Block) mounted on top of the VA capsule weighed 450 kg and allowed the capsule to manoeuvre and orient itself after separation from the FGB for retrofire and return to the earth.
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merkdet1.jpg
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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TKS BSO
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TKS capsule interior
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The right control panel of the TKS. The earth globe instrument, also used in Vostok, Salyut, Almaz, and Soyuz, showed the crew at all times their position over the earth. It also allowed them to determine their landing site in the case of a manual re-entry or loss of communications with the ground.
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merkintr.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS capsule interior
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TKS capsule interior
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At the junction of the left and right instrument panels of the TKS was a Vzor optical device, as used in Vostok and Soyuz. The Vzor allowed the crew to line up the spacecraft for retrofire and return to earth even if all other spacecraft systems failed.
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merkintb.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS capsule interior
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TKS capsule interior
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Left control panel of the descent capsule of the TKS spacecraft. The TKS crew instruments were assembled from the same building blocks as those used in the Soyuz series of spacecraft. The standard clock, used since Vostok, is in the top middle of the panel. The large central panel was used to call up sequences of automated spacecraft procedures.
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merkintl.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS capsule interior
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TKS capsule hatch
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The crew of the TKS went from the descent capsule to the main spacecraft cabin through this hatch in the heat shield of the capsule. The central crew couch folded up to give access to the hatch. A similar arrangement was to be used in Gemini B for the USAF MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory).
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merkhatb.jpg
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Credit:
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TKS capsule hatch
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37K Comparison
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Competing concepts for Mir space station modules. From top: Chelomei's TKS module from Almaz, consisting of the FGB tug, VA re-entry capsule, and abort rocket; 37K Kvant laboratory module, with FGB tug as used to dock with aft port of Mir; 37K Kvant laboratory after docking; NPO Energia design for follow-on 37K modules (cancelled); FGB-derived modules actually used.
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37kcomps.jpg
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Credit:
© Mark Wade
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37K Comparison
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Cos1663D
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TKS - Cosmos 1663 Configuration. The recovery systems of the VA capsule were replaced with military space sensors.
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cos1663d.jpg
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Credit:
© Reginaldo Miranda
Jr
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Cos1663D
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TKS Docking Mechanis
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MAI, March 1994
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tksdock.jpg
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Credit:
© Dietrich Haeseler
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TKS Docking Mechanis
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Almaz OPS-4
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Unique view of Almaz OPS-4 with Mech-A radar and Soyuz docking port forward, and TKS docked aft.
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alm4tks.gif
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Almaz OPS-4
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