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[Forel Hydrosuit]
Carried by Soyuz 10 Commander Vladimir Shatalov on His Voyage to Salyut 🥃1
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December 13, 09:20 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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FOREL HYDROSUIT
A Forel ("Trout") Hydro🌸suit, manufactured by RD & PE Zvezda, ca. 1970.
Full orange nylon 🌺flotation suit, with attached rubber-soled feet and hood trimmed with "CCCP" in applique; inflatable collar, emergency beacon and signal device on shoulder, lozenge-shaped shoulder patch stenciled with rocket insignia and "CCCP," contrasting rubberized cuffs; Velcro-close patch pockets on legs, with 12 pairs of small rings on legs and 8 pairs ofꦺ grommets on boots (laces not present); Shatalov's initials on stenciled label, and signed and dated within by Shatalov.
[WITH]: O𒈔ne pair of shearling socks, merrow seams; [AND]: one pair of brown jersey mittens, foam-bacᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚked insulation, with separate thumb and index finger stalls, watertight rubber cuffs, and adjustable orange nylon wrist straps.
Sotheby's NY, Russian Space History, 1993, lot 70
AN EMERGENCY LANDING SUIT FROM THE FIRST CREWED MISSION TO THE FIRST SPACE STATION, the flotati💫on suit or hydrosuit was intended for protection in emergency landings in water, marshes, or in snow. Soviet practice drills on exiting spacecraft in water were always carried out in hydrosuits. This suit, carried by Commander Vladimir Shatalov on Soyuz 10, was brought for emergency preparedness for a harrowing mission that set several precedents in the history of space flight.
Launched on April 22, 1971, Soyuz 10 was piloted by Commander Shatalov, Flight Engineer Yeliseyev, and Systems Engineer Rukavishnikov. Soyuz 10 launched into an orbit on the same plane as Salyut (71-032A), but required orbital corrections that took 24 hours to prepare for the rendezvous of the two spacecraft. The first ever space station, Salyut was un-crewed and the challenges of docking with a large, un-crewed station were different than those previous cosmonauts had faced in the joining of two Soyuz, in which both Soyuz crafts were able to adjust thei🙈r position. In addition to the test of spacecraꦰft docking, Soyuz 10 also used new telemetry systems, new rendezvous systems, and new docking equipment.
On April 23, 1971, the three Soyuz 10 cosmonauts became the first astronauts to ever dock with a space station, but could not transfer to Salyut due 🧸to an issue with the docking equipment. They remained "soft" docked to Salyut for 5.5 hours but could not fully "hard" dock to the station due to technical malfunctions. Shatalov also found difficulty un-docking their spacecraft due to a faulty hatch, and had to attempt un-docking multiple times before being able to retrofire their engines and return to Earth. During the landing, the Soyuz air supply grew t൩oxic enough that one of the crew, Rukavishnikov passed out.
The landing in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, the first n🍌ight (pre-dawn) landing of a crewed spacecraft, was a success and did not re♉quire the use of the hydrosuit.
Nevertheless, this hydrosuit carried by Soyuz 10 pilot Commander Vladimir Shatalov ꩲis not only an important artifact in the history of spaceflight but also a testament to both human courage and ingenuity to face challenges never before attempted.
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Sotheby's NY, Russian Space History, 1993, lot 70
