Recent content by Captain David

The LK did not have fabric on the legs. There was fabric covering the spherical tanks on the lower part, and completely covering the upper part of the LK. It was a silvery/white color. In the image below, I have shaded all the areas which were covered with this silvery/white thermal fabric...

I have been researching the Almaz OPS & VA/TKS for 10 years and have well over 100 photographs of the VA itself. Here is a photograph (courtesy of Excalibur Almaz) which best shows the actual color of the capsule: This is a "flight ready" capsule (actually, the capsule which would have been...

Your color on the TKS/VA is incorrect. In fact, there never was a gray TKS/VA capsule. The photo shown earlier was a poor copy of the original photo of capsule number 103N. It was green, but had a lot of dust built up on it. The green color with the white stripes helped to regulate the...