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Old 25th Jun 2012, 06:42
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I haven't seen that movie yet mate, but no doubt it'll do the rounds on the "haunted fish-tank" before long.

Not canvas though; in fact it was a much heavier construction than Apollo due to the requirement for Air at normal atmospheric pressure for safety reasons, rather than the American choice of pure Oxygen at lower pressure, which cost the lives three astronauts in a ground test.

Russian cosmonaut's vehicle
Edited to say that you got it mate!

It is the Soviet lunar lander - the Russian counterpart of the American LM Lunar Module. The LK ('Lunniy korabl' - lunar craft)

The "Real story" is here: LK



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