Twice escaped death in the universe

Kazakhstan Talgat Musabayev ( Photo: Spacefacts )

The first human astronaut was Yuri Gagarin - the former Soviet astronaut - with a record: In April 1961, it flew 108 minutes in orbit around the Vostok spacecraft 1.

In 1968, Gagarin died in a new flight test flight. More than 30 years later, the Kazakh astronaut Talgat Musabayev was the first person to step out into space in a space trip lasting 207 days on the MIR Hoa Binh space station in 1998. Luckier than Gagarin, he Escape dead 2 times while walking in the universe. This year Mr. Musabayev is 55 years old, the General Manager of Russia's Bayterek space rocket base in Kazakhstan.

In the space travel career, General Musabayev had three flights to space, including his second trip, commanding an international crew of 6 people including: Russia, Kazakhstan, USA and France on Hoa station. Jar. At that time, Hoa Binh space station for 7 years operated many times to cause technical problems such as broken computer systems, malfunctioning operating equipment. Finally, Hoa Binh station was controlled for falling into the Pacific in 2001, after 15 years in orbit.

Once the checkpoint from the ground in Moscow made a serious mistake that caused Hoa Binh station to lose power, hovering freely in the air. This is the first serious incident in Soviet and Russian space travel history. General Musabayev said: ' That day the whole system on Hoa Binh station stopped working. We do not have life support systems, no oxygen, no water, no carbon dioxide filter equipment. We have to rely on the amount of oxygen emitted in the space station. No electricity, no light. Darkness is absolute. All is stillness and fear . ' Seven days later discovered a mistake, corrected it promptly.

But a narrow death for Musabayev happened once when he left the station and stepped out into space in five adventures during the flight. When he stepped out into the air, a wire connecting him with the ship slipped and ' I floated in space, every second further away from Hoa Binh station. There is nothing you can do to save yourself. It's terrible '. Then there was some unseen force that caught him and pushed him into the station. Now he told me he was still shocked: ' I immediately used both hands to hold the station tightly. If I didn't wear a helmet, I would have bit my teeth into the station . ' Answer the question: ' Which mystical power pulls you back to the station? ', General Musabayev laughed, laughing:' God must have saved me. Because we flew in orbit for the sake of peace, God came to the rescue . '

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