Soyuz 30 landing capsule - Warsaw, Poland - Space Flight Memorials and Exhibits on Waymarking.com

There is a reason why the landing capsule of the Soviet mission Soyuz 30 is in Warsaw and not in Moscow of somewhere in Russia: one of the cosmonauts in this mission was Polish, the first Polish man in space - Miroslaw Hermaszewski
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The mission took place in the Summer of 1978 and lasted exactly 7 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes, 59 seconds.

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"The second Intercosmos mission was launched 27 June 1978 to the orbiting Salyut 6 space station. The Soyuz docked with the space station on 29 June, and cosmonauts Klimik and Hermaszewski were greeted by Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, the resident crew who had been on board for 12 days. For the third time, the Salyut was a four-man orbiting space laboratory.

The activities of the Soyuz 30 crew, however, were severely curtailed so as not to interfere with the Soyuz 29 crew. On the Soyuz 29 crew's rest day, the international crew had to stay in their Soyuz to perform their experiments. Nevertheless, Hermaszewski conducted many experiments. One was crystallization experiments which produced 47 grams of cadmium tellurium mercury semiconductors for use by infra-red detectors on board the station. The yield was far greater - 50% compared to 15% - than ground-based experiments.

The Soyuz 30 crew was trained, as all international crews, in the use of the MKF-6M camera. Training in part took place on a Tu-134 flying at 10 km to best mimic conditions on the station. Hermaszewski photographed Poland in co-ordination with aircraft taking close-up photos, but bad weather over Poland limited the photo sessions.They additionally filmed the Aurora Borealis.

Hermaszewski participated in medical experiments which measured lung capacity and the heart during exercise and in a pressure suit. One experiment, which all four on board the station participated in, was Smak, a taste experiment which sought answers to why some food was less palatable in weightlessness.

The Soyuz 30 crew packed their experiments into their capsule and returned to Earth 5 July, landing in a Rostov state farm field 300 km west of Tselinograd."

Hours: The museum closes some days but apparently this particular piece can be seen every day of the week. Monday - Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 10:00 - 17:00 Thursday - Sunday: 10:00 - 16:00 Open-air exhibition: The whole week Fee (if no fee, enter 'none'): 15 PLZ / None to the outdoors exhibit Amount of time an average person would spend here: Less than an hour Accessible?: yes Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes How Long a Hike: Not listed

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