Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Flight of Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyaev. Leonov's first historic spacewalk which nearly ended in disaster, followed by Earth's tracking losing the spacecraft on re-entry and a long search for the lost spacecraft with the story of survival and rescue. Brief account of Apollo-Soyuz flight ten years later.
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
From JFK's 1961 challenge to put an American on the Moon by the end the decade to the culmination of the Moon race in July 1969 and the last desperate Soviet attempt to beat the Americans in bringing Moon samples back to Earth: flights of Apollo 11 and the failed mission of Luna 15 space probe. Aftermath of the defeat.
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
The story of several rocket accidents at Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan - from the early 1960's to 1983 fire of Soyuz rocket on launch pad with Titov and Strekalov on-board. Living conditions at Baikonur in its early days, curious superstitions and traditions of Baikonur personnel that are meticulously followed.