TKS (spacecraft)
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The TKS spacecraft was a Soviet spacecraft system developed in the late 1960s to deliver crew, cargo, and fuel to the military Almaz space stations. It consisted of two linked but independently operab
A model of a TKS spacecraft. On the left is the cylindrical Functional Cargo Block with attached solar panels. In the middle is the VA spacecraft, with the conical VA return capsule for the crew and the VA's orbital maneuvering engines in the long nose section. Standing right front is the launch escape system, which would have been attached to the top of the VA's nose section during launch and jettisoned after a successful launch.
TKS VA return capsule of Kosmos 1443
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The Vozvraschaemyi Apparat was a Soviet crew capsule, intended to serve as a crewed launch and reentry vehicle. Initially designed for the LK-1 human lunar flyby spacecraft for one of the Soviet crewe
TKS (spacecraft)
…the late 1960s to deliver crew, cargo, and fuel to the military Almaz space stations. It consisted of two linked but independently operable parts: the VA spacecraft, a compact capsule for crew launch and re-entry, and the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), which provided cargo space, docking hardware, and the main orbital…
VA capsule on display at the Collections of Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
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