See Inside a 50 year old Soyuz Capsule - 1960's Soviet Space Technology

Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California has a Soyuz descent module on display, allowing visitors to look inside the interior of the spacecraft and see the hardware. This one is particularly special because it's a 7K-OK model, the very first generation of Soyuz capsules from the 1960's, which stopped flying after a design flaw killed the crew of Salyut 11. As far as I know this is the only Soyuz capsule of this vintage with the interior on display outside of the former USSR.

For more raw camera footage check this out:

[ilyadorokhov]

Nice Russian skills, Scott!
This model of Soyuz was used to test orbital rendezvous and docking. Hence the control system contains equipment for that:
8:23 - Video screen for inboard and outboard docking cameras. It could also display analog sensor info like fuel levels, yaw/pitch etc..
9:33 - Rendezvous velocity and distance indicator and buttons for main functions from command panel.
9:36 - Radio volume and band control (on the top of the screen).
9:52 - Round - capsule power supply indicator. Square - life support info.
10:20 - Right control panel. There should be exactly same panel on the left.
10:22 - Flat screen is the computer status display - shows current running program.
10:30 - Knobs for manoeuvring control. Has a deltaV range of 0.044-150.0 m/s.

[UCHAaweAXMlymYSevqSw]

For me as a native Russian speaker it was fun when Scott tried to figure out the functionality of some buttons and gauges.

[passthebutterrobot]

I like 1960s & 70s era Soviet space tech. It wasn't fancy, it just did the job extremely well.

[MichelAlbert]

This felt like an episode of "Inside the chieftains hatch" but for space nerds. I absolutely loved it and would die to see episodes about other capsules as well 🙂

[eluadyl]

As an engineer, this made me tear up a bit with pride and excitement, and I'm not even Russian. Then it made me think of flat earthers. Thanks for the video, great work as always.

[Enceos]

There's actually a whole graveyard of used Soyuz capsules near one of the hangars at Baikonur.

[AaaAaa-lyon]

If we get deep into invention of Phillips screws - they have two key advantages to them: -Self centering for automated power tools and -Auto limiting applied torque - preserving heads and treads.
-But then also Phillips screws very difficult to
precisely control exact tightening torque. That's why Torx was invented - it's combining advantages of Slotted and Phillips screws.

Since early Spacecrafts assembled exclusively by hands - Slotted screws were not a problem and even necessary for precision tightening of fragile glass of illuminator!

[KonstaKokC]

Привет из России! Great video as always. It's nice that you took time to learn the language. You should come to Moscow Space museum it has many interesting exhibits.

[menuly]

8:06 The globe instrument is awesome, never seen that before.

[sdimartino]

I live ten minutes from this museum. It's one of my favorite places to spend time. We have a membership and bring our kids there once or twice a week. This was awesome to watch!

[Tempus_Fuckit]

10:02
Scott attempting to read Cyrillic and getting it mostly correct, makes me weirdly happy.

[pixelpatter]

I saw one of these in the museum in Moscow in the late 80s when it was still the USSR. It was the Soyuz-Gemini capsules fastened together hanging 3 or 4 meters in the air. Next to it, on the floor was a Soyuz capsule. Comparing the two pieces of equipment was interesting. Some of the restraining straps inside the Soyuz were leather and canvas. All of the hardware and fittings on the Soyuz looked like they were very crudely made and had a 'village blacksmith' look to them. My first impression was "Why are they showing these two spacecraft next to each other?", as it was plain to see the US Gemini capsule was in a different level of refinement. Still you have to give the Russians or Soviets for their accomplishments.

[tropicalpalmtree]

The 'Globus' navigation system is the most amazing piece of engineering I've ever seen.

[TerminusAvid]

I'm obviously way behind on Scott's content but this was fantastic! I could watch this stuff for hours and not get bored, thank you very much Scott for sharing with us!

[TimGuntDE]

Last year, I had the opportunity to see the descend module of Soyuz TM-19 that carried two cosmonauts to MIR and three back home. It is displayed in the space museum in Speyer, Germany. I found it crazy to imagine three people inside that tiny space falling back to earth. Also the marks on the heat-shield from reentry and touchdown are really frightening.
(Btw, the museum also also exhibits a Buran vehicle which was used for aerodynamic tests, the heat shield is fully installed, though)

[AsbestosMuffins]

early soviet spacecraft are fascinating with the way everything was analogue and yet they managed to accomplish quite a lot in orbit

[voongnz]

I love watching tech from yesteryears to see how they did things and how far we've come. Speaking of, you should do a video on the V2 rocket. The granddaddy of space rockets.

[scottmanley]

Will be chatting live during premier for those who want to ask questions.

[Trusteft]

Huge balls. The men and women flying in these. HUGE BALLS.

[ET_Don]

Fascinating! Many thanks to Scott, and to the Chabot Space & Science Center for allowing Scott to get so up close and personal with the interior.