Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

• Set to the survival of the Soviet cosmonaut

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

While NASA officials nearly 20 years developed a cosmic ice cream, in the Soviet Union worked on this:

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

It is set NAZ-7 survival (untouchable emergency supply). It was designed in 1968 for the Soyuz, reliable workhorse for space flight, which is still used today. The set consisted of (from top to bottom and left to right):

  • Makarov pistol and ammunition
  • Compass
  • 18 waterproof matches, dry fuel
  • Knife "Machete," set for fishing
  • Strobe spare battery with
  • 8 signal lights
  • Folding Knife
  • Antenna
  • 3 pairs of woolen gloves
  • Signal mirror
  • First aid kit type NAZ-7
  • Flashlight
  • Radio R-855UM (R-855A1)
  • 2 batteries "Surf 2-C" for radio
  • 3 wool Caps (Balaklavy)

In the case of an emergency landing, the gun could scare away "wolves, bears, tigers, and so on. D.". Later Soviet survival kit has been extended to include fishing gear, improved warm clothes, a blue knit cap with the initials of the astronaut and fur boots like ugg.

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

Set astronaut survival Moscow Polytechnic Museum

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

Another survival kit

In these sets, there is a special "combined arms" (rifle, shotgun and rocket launcher) designed specifically for the Russian cosmonauts. Orberg James writes:

"The American astronauts who have trained with the 1995-1997 year to visit the Mir space station, and later as part of the Soviet crew of the International Space Station, faced with a unique skill that astronauts have to learn: the shooting. They had to know how to load, aim and shoot from a special gun for survival, which was on board all ships of the Soviet Union throughout their 30-year history. "

TP-82

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

TA-82 was designed for hunting, release flares and protection from hostile foreign citizens. The gun is also equipped with a removable machete for cutting bushes. Astronaut Jim Voss says that during training srelbe on board the spacecraft model in the Black Sea, as targets an incredible number of bottles of vodka was used.

By 2007, the ammunition for this exceptionally rare firearms has become impossible to find. For any other space program, it is likely to mean the end of the use of weapons in space. But Russian is not scared: Now astronauts visiting the International Space Station with the usual semi-automatic. "Russia's participation means that on board the ISS have a gun, - says Orberg. - And the gun belong to Russian ". And here is a photo of one of the most prominent Russian cosmonauts:

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

Manarov Musa, aircraft engineer from Azerbaijan. I was in the space of 120 hours. He was awarded the medal "Hero of the Soviet Union," the father of two children

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

In 1963, the pilot of the ship Votosk-6, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman astronaut. In 2013, she enrolled in the volunteers for one-way trips to Mars

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

Vladimir Kovalenok was the commander of three space missions

Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

Many of the items mentioned in this article have been auctioned. Machete from the gun TP-82, for example, was bought for $ 240, while the price of this (picture above) space suit to relax even lower - only $ 200.