SPACECRAFT MODULE · Soyuz
Orbital module
The forward spherical module serves the crew as living and working space in orbit — it holds room for experiments, cargo and, at its tip, the docking mechanism. Before return it is jettisoned and burns up in the atmosphere.
Umístěnípříď lodi
Tvarkoule
Funkceobytný prostor, dokování
Návrat na Zemine (shoří)
DID YOU KNOW?Jettisoning the orbital module before descent lightens the ship — the descent module then need not decelerate the whole vehicle's mass.
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