The Voskhod Missions - Khrushchev's Folly

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1. The Voskhod (Sunrise) spacecraft were a development from which of these programmes? Sputnik Soyuz Cosmos Vostok

2. The first manned mission in the programme was Voskhod 1 which was launched on Oct 12, 1964. How many crew were on board? Three Four Two One

3. The crew of Voskhod 1 were forced to fly without spacesuits as a direct consequence of its development from a spacecraft which had been designed for one occupant. True False

4. After successfully re-entering the earth’s atmosphere the Voskhod 1 crew followed standard procedure by ejecting from the capsule and parachuting to earth. True False

5. On the day that the Voskhod mission was taking place which of these events was to have a profound influence of the future direction of the Soviet manned space effort? Chief Designer Sergei Korolev was rushed to hospital after a medical emergency but died on the operating table. Khrushchev was overthrown A huge explosion on an adjacent launch pad killed many key engineers and technicians A secret resolution was finally passed by the Central Committee to land a Soviet citizen on the moon

6. In March 1965 during the Voskhod 2 mission another one of the programme’s objectives was achieved when ___________ became the first person to walk in space. Yuri Gagarin Vladimir Komarov Gherman Titov Alexei Leonov

7. There was restricted space in the Voskhod capsule, so designers and engineers were forced to build a special inflatable airlock attached to the side hatch to enable a cosmonaut to exit the craft for a spacewalk. True False

8. The first spacewalk nearly ended in tragedy because of which of these events? The umbilical became entangled with an antenna making it impossible to re-enter the airlock. The spacesuit developed a leak. The cosmonaut’s spacesuit ballooned making it impossible to re-enter the airlock. One of Voskhod’s thrusters fired sending the cosmonaut into an uncontrollable spin.

9. Further difficulties were encountered during the Voskhod 2 mission when the automatic re-entry system failed after a day long flight and 16 orbits True False

10. After the apparent success of the first two Voskhod missions the Soviet’s luck finally ran out when cosmonaut Vladimir Komorov was killed when the parachutes failed on Voskhod 3 and the re-entry capsule crashed to the ground. True False