Comments on: December 4, 2023 Quick space links https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/december-4-2023-quick-space-links/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/december-4-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1435925 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:01:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100792#comment-1435925 Dragonfly is a great read! It has the full gamet of Russian disasters, including (but not limited to) fire and collision in space. I highly recommend it!

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/december-4-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1435924 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:44:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100792#comment-1435924 India just looks more and more impressive

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/december-4-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1435920 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:40:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100792#comment-1435920 V-Man,
You are correct, I first read about that in “Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir” by Bryan Burrough. Yes on both the Soyuz spacecraft and the Progress as well. They switch over from KURS to the manual TORU system. I don’t know if they still give the docking bonus anymore. Good question.

]]> By: V-Man https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/december-4-2023-quick-space-links/#comment-1435912 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:56:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=100792#comment-1435912 I remember reading somewhere that Russian cosmonauts get a bonus if they have to perform a manual docking. So the automatic system tends to “malfunction” regularly.

(Might be an urban legend, though…)

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