... I am fond of astronomy from school time. When I was eleven years old, I built my first telescope. ... I had renewed my hobby when I was 33 and when I already had a family and two sons. The 110-mm Newtonian is my first serious self made instrument and I built it during five years. ... In the Russian version of this site there are some articles, wich I wrote and the bibliography of the astronomy and ATM literature. ... Alexander Zencovich. ...

. - back to the Virtual Space Museum index. - how to view VRML's, etc... A cool clickable scheme of Mir base module . Mir base module . From Shuttle to Mir . Mir fly-around (VRML) . Mir fly-around (VRML), with Soyuz, Progress and Shuttle . Communication satellite Luch (Altair) . Core module in assembly building . Mir, front view . Right side of Mir . Bottom view . Kristall module . docking mechanism . Luch (Altair) communication satellite . "Space motorcycle" .

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Molniya Triplane Aircraft . ... This two engine aircraft is intended for transportation up to 30 tons of cargo in containers or on pallets or self-propelled machinery. In an overload variant its carrying capacity can reach 50 tons. There is a cargo-passengers modification of the MOLNIYA-400 designed for simultaneous transportation of 250 passengers with hand luggage on different decks and cargo in containers. ... Overload take-off mass, t . ... Payload with overload take-off mass, t . ...