Survival Kit Soviet cosmonaut

This survival kit NAZ-7 (untouchable emergency supply). It was developed in 1968 to ship the Soviet Union, a reliable workhorse for space flight, which is still used today. Set consisted of (from top to bottom and left to right):

Makarov pistol and cartridges
Compass
18 waterproof matches, dry fuel
Knife "Machete", a set of fishing
Strobe with spare battery
8 signal lights
Folding Knife
Antenna
3 pairs of woolen gloves
Signal mirror
First aid kit type NAZ-7
Flashlight
Radio R-855UM (R-855A1)
2 batteries "Surf 2-C" for radio
3 woolen caps (balaclava)
In the case of an emergency landing, the gun could scare away "wolves, bears, tigers, and so on." Later Soviet survival kit has been extended to include fishing tackle, improved warm clothes, a blue knit cap with the initials of the astronaut and fur boots like ugg.

Survival Kit cosmonaut, Moscow Polytechnical Museum


Another survival kit

These kits have a special "combined arms" (rifle, shotgun and rocket launcher) designed specifically for the Russian cosmonauts. James Orberg writes:

"The American astronauts who trained with the 1995-1997 year to visit the Mir space station, and later as part of the Soviet crew of the International Space Station, faced with a unique skill that astronauts had to learn: shooting. They had to know how to load, aim and shoot from a special gun for survival, which was on board all ships of the Soviet Union throughout their 30-year history ".

TA-82 - triple-gun with a machete on the butt

TA-82 was designed for hunting, release flares and protection from hostile foreign nationals. The gun also has a removable machete for cutting bushes. Astronaut Jim Voss says that during training srelbe on board the spacecraft model in the Black Sea, as targets were used an incredible number of bottles of vodka.

By 2007, the ammunition for this exceptionally rare firearms has become impossible to find. For any other space program, it is likely to mean the end of the use of weapons in space. But it did not scare Russian: Now astronauts visited the International Space Station with the usual semi-automatic. "Russia's participation means that on board the ISS have weapons - writes Orberg. - And a gun owned by Russian ».


And finally: it turns out, many of the items mentioned in this article is now on display at the auction, indicating that the dire financial straits of Roscosmos. Machete from the gun TP-82, for example, was bought at the price of 240 dollars, and the price of this (picture below) space suit to relax even lower - just $ 200.
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