Soyuz Recovery, Card No 32 (RaceIntoSpace 1971)
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Card No. 32: Soyuz Recovery
Russia has from the beginning recovered her cosmonauts on land rather than the ocean.
An ejection seat in Vostok spacecraft let the cosmonaut and re-entry capsule parachute to Earth separately: only Gagarin remained inside the capsule for what must have been a "heavy" landing.
The 3-man Voskhod and Soyuz spacecraft had no ejection seats. After re-entering the atmosphere from space, their capsules were brought to Earth by a single large parachute and when only 3 to 4 feet from the ground touchdown was cushioned by retro-rockets.
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