Tim Peake's Soyuz capsule at Peterborough Cathedral
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If anyone fancies a gander, the Soyuz capsule that ferried Tim Peake is on display at the above venue. It's free to see.
I'm off to see it as soon as I can. Last saw it in London at the science museum.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cambridge...
If anyone fancies a gander, the Soyuz capsule that ferried Tim Peake is on display at the above venue. It's free to see.
I'm off to see it as soon as I can. Last saw it in London at the science museum.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cambridge...
It's been on tour around the country since last year:
National Science and Media Museum—Bradford
27 September – 19 November 2017
Locomotion—Shildon, County Durham
22 November 2017 – 15 January 2018
National Railway Museum—York
17 January – 8 March 2018
Museum of Science and Industry—Manchester
10 March – 13 May 2018
National Museum of Scotland—Edinburgh
17 May – 4 August 2018
Peterborough Cathedral
11 August – 5 November 2018
National Museum Wales—Cardiff
Mid-November 2018 – January 2019
National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Museum—Belfast
Mid-February – mid-May 2019
https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/our-work/tim-pe...
National Science and Media Museum—Bradford
27 September – 19 November 2017
Locomotion—Shildon, County Durham
22 November 2017 – 15 January 2018
National Railway Museum—York
17 January – 8 March 2018
Museum of Science and Industry—Manchester
10 March – 13 May 2018
National Museum of Scotland—Edinburgh
17 May – 4 August 2018
Peterborough Cathedral
11 August – 5 November 2018
National Museum Wales—Cardiff
Mid-November 2018 – January 2019
National Museums Northern Ireland: Ulster Museum—Belfast
Mid-February – mid-May 2019
https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/our-work/tim-pe...
There's no right way up in space 
It always amazes me how small the Soyuz is. Even though, like the Apollo Command Module, it can hold three people, it only has about half the volume of the Apollo in the re-entry module. There is also a spherical module (called the Workshop Module) attached to the front when it is in space. However, that is often stuffed full of supplies on the trip up to the ISS.
The loo is in the Workshop Module.
It always amazes me how small the Soyuz is. Even though, like the Apollo Command Module, it can hold three people, it only has about half the volume of the Apollo in the re-entry module. There is also a spherical module (called the Workshop Module) attached to the front when it is in space. However, that is often stuffed full of supplies on the trip up to the ISS.
The loo is in the Workshop Module.
It's pretty thick - and fairly useless.
There is no direct forward view from the re-entry module when the workshop module is attached. Limited forward vision is obtained through a periscope and, these days, TV images (which are pretty rubbish).
In the image below, the object projecting downwards from the re-entry module is the periscope.
This is the TV view they get when docking. The image is in black and white (even today) but the really important information is the alpha-numerical data shown on the screen.
There is no direct forward view from the re-entry module when the workshop module is attached. Limited forward vision is obtained through a periscope and, these days, TV images (which are pretty rubbish).
In the image below, the object projecting downwards from the re-entry module is the periscope.
This is the TV view they get when docking. The image is in black and white (even today) but the really important information is the alpha-numerical data shown on the screen.
garyhun said:
It is indeed very small. I was quite surprised to see how massive the round viewing window was considering.
I don't think that's a window. They may have put some perspex in it for display now, but it looks like the cover that protects the parachutesYou can see one of the small windows further round.
I love how steampunk the thing looks.
Beati Dogu said:
garyhun said:
It is indeed very small. I was quite surprised to see how massive the round viewing window was considering.
I don't think that's a window. They may have put some perspex in it for display now, but it looks like the cover that protects the parachutesYou can see one of the small windows further round.
I love how steampunk the thing looks.
Maybe they just cut a new window so that we could see inside. I did think that when viewing BUT it’s been done in such a way that it looks very much like the smaller actual window. Similar surround and looks crappy
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