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RESCUE FROM ORBITING MANNED SPACECRAFT

Wang Xiji (Chinese Academy of Space Technology)   

  • Published:1987-12-25

Abstract: This paper discusses development, methods and features of rescue from a manned spacecraft during orbiting phase, compares their advantages and disadvantages among the various rescue methods, and points out that the method of direct rescue by berthing an rescue module at space station is the optimum one for escaping from space station.