Apr 02, 2005 - Sale 2037

Sale 2037 - Lot 406

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(SOYUZ 4 / SOYUZ 5.) Two pages of notes written by Konstantine Feoktistov, his observations about the first successful launching and docking of two spacecraft. He comments and records errors and problems on the mission: "incorrect actions of ground control," "excessive rotations" etc. Written in Russian, mostly in blue ball point pen on a single sheet, 11 1/2x8 inches. Np, [January 1969]

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Feoktistov, the scientist on board Voshkod I, the first successful 3-man mission, was an observer (presumably at mission control) of the Soyuz 4 - Soyuz 5 mission, the first successful docking of 2 craft.