AstronautAtlas
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AstronautAtlas
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Space programs and missions · A guided course
New firsts, inherited hardware and difficult tradeoffs
Explore how an adapted Vostok capsule carried specialists into orbit and enabled the first spacewalk. Study cabin tradeoffs, the airlock and suit, manual return and the difference between a pioneering demonstration and repeatable operations.
Suggested preparation is listed in the course · Start whenever you’re ready
The flown Voskhod 1 descent capsule on display at the Science Museum in 2016. Its exterior cannot reveal all of the crew-space and protection tradeoffs inside. The display image is resized and compressed.
Andrew Gray; flown artifact displayed by the Science Museum · Image sourceYour place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
Learning whether people could live and work in orbit
The Voskhod program
New firsts, inherited hardware and difficult tradeoffs
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
Building a transport system, from rendezvous to recovery
One suggested order from the foundations to The Voskhod program. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
Then: The Voskhod program →
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