Babiychuk, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
Person · Russia
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Russian officer. Chief, Biomedical Service, of Air Force in early 1960's. Oversaw the early Vostok missions.
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2 events
1964 October 13
- Landing of Voskhod 1 - .
Return Crew: Feoktistov,
Komarov,
Yegorov.
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Babiychuk,
Feoktistov,
Gagarin,
Khrushchev,
Kirillov,
Komarov,
Korolev,
Kuznetsov,
Nikolayev,
Rudenko,
Smirnov,
Tyulin,
Yegorov.
Program: Voskhod.
Flight: Voskhod 1.
Spacecraft Bus: Vostok.
Spacecraft: Voskhod.
The world's first recovery of an orbital spacecraft with its crew aboard on land was made possible by rocket package suspended above capsule in parachute lines, which ignited just prior to impact in order to cushion landing. The trio landed after 16 orbits of the earth, 24 hours and 17 min after they had left, on October 13, 1964 07:47 GMT. Additional Details: here....
1965 November 25
- New cosmonauts - .
Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: Babiychuk,
Korolev,
Voronin.
Program: Voskhod,
Soyuz,
Lunar L1,
.
Flight: Voskhod 3.
Spacecraft Bus: Vostok.
Spacecraft: Voskhod.
Kamanin meets the 22 new cosmonaut candidates. Some higher officers have questioned the need for so many cosmonauts in training - 32 are already available. But Kamanin sees plans for 40 to 50 manned spaceflights over the next 3 to 4 years. He expects to see some of these cosmonauts walking on the moon, and others on expeditions to other planets. Later Kamanin has to call Korolev after a dispute breaks out between Voronin and Babiychuk and Frolov. Voskhod 3 will not be cleared for flight because the trials of the long-duration environmental control system will not be undertaken at designer Voronin's institute. Furthermore it is still the position of the military that Voskhod 4 should conduct some military experiments.