Extreme All Terrain Vehicles – ZiL Bluebird Soyuz Astronaut Cosmonaut Recovery Vehicles DiP Models - a podcast by Logan Skeele

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I am Logan, “the 64th Gear Jammer” Skeele and this is Toy Talk.

The launch of Sputnik 1, on October 4th, 1957 began the space race between the Americans and the Russians. The Americans decided to bring back their astronaut manned spacecraft by splashing the craft into the sea. While the Russians decided to bring their cosmonaut manned craft down for a hard landing on dry land.

Each country had to retrieve their men and spacecrafts.  As such, the use of military-grade hardware became a common occurrence in these endeavors. America used AIR SEA rescue and recovery vehicles while the Russians had to develop AIR LAND rescue and recovery vehicles.

In the 1960s, the Soviet space program developed the Soyuz series of spacecraft. Part of the capsule’s design was to provide for the occupants and cargo to have as much internal space as possible, which resulted in a spherical design. Therefore, the capsule’s shape offered virtually no control over trajectory once re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere had begun.

That meant that where the Soyuz capsule would ultimately land was really anyone’s guess.

The use of air support and ground recovery and rescue vehicles were required.

This podcast will focus on the development of Russian all terrain land vehicles, the ZiL PEU 1, ZiL PEU 2, and the ZiL Bluebird 4906.

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