Soyuz-23: Ice Fishing for Cosmonauts (w. Matt Lowne)

<p>A secret military space station, a rookie crew, a flaky autopilot, insufficient batteries, a freak winter storm, and a frozen lake. We’re joined by space and KSP youtuber <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mattlowne.bsky.social"><u>Matt Lowne</u></a> to talk about Soyuz-23, the only water touchdown of a Soviet spacecraft and how it very nearly killed its entire crew. </p><p>Check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MattLowne"><u>Matt’s videos here!</u></a></p><p><a href="https://failuretolaunch.bigcartel.com/"><u>Find our merch store here</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.patreon.com/failuretolaunch"><u>Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community</u></a></p><p>SOURCES:</p><p>- Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft, Rex Hall</p><p>- <a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops3.html"><u>Salyut-5: The Last Military Lab, Anatoly Zak</u></a></p><p>- <a href="https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/soyuz-23-how-two-cosmonauts-almost-died-after-landing-back-on-earth/"><u>https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/soyuz-23-how-two-cosmonauts-almost-died-after-landing-back-on-earth/</u></a> </p><p>FTL theme song by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@djdanarchy/featured"><u>DJ Danarchy</u></a></p><p><br></p>