The launch of the Luna-1S interplanetary station on December 4, 1958 ended in an accident at the 245th second of the flight due to a defect in the second stage hydrogen peroxide pump multiplier. The station fell into the taiga. Of course they were looking for her, since the USSR was very afraid of information leakage due to its cosmic catastrophes. The station of the Luna series is very unusual in its design. So a small shell with sodium was installed at the station. It was planned to detonate a projectile in space during the satellite flight. A sodium cloud would form a small comet. In this way, they planned to clarify the distance to the Moon, other technical aspects. Initially, they wanted to detonate a thermonuclear charge near the Moon, but the idea itself turned out to be unrealized. So what happens. On December 4, the interplanetary station Luna-1C falls into the Ural taiga. By some miracle, telemetry works. Therefore, the MCC knowsthat the station did not explode, did not burn up in orbit. It lies somewhere in the Ural taiga, north of the working town of Ivdel.
At the very beginning of 1959, a group of tourists headed by Igor Dyatlov left for the northern Urals. The trip is dedicated to the next congress of the CPSU. Therefore, it is important that no accidents happen during the trip. Nine people leave for the taiga. They have several cameras. A decent amount of money, food, medicine and good food. They are young and fit. Nothing bodes well for trouble. At the same moment, the search team leaves for the taiga. They need to find the fallen station, blow it up as it poses a real danger due to a missile with sodium in the warhead. The group is most likely camouflaged as local residents. They imitate the Mansians. Somewhere in the taiga, the paths of both groups intersect. In the diaries of the members of the Dyatlov team there is a record that they met the Mansi.
The solution to this whole confusing story was in the photographs of the Dyatlov group. I will not deny that she confused all my versions. But I managed to put together all the intricate moves. It turned out very interesting. This is how it really was.
Dyatlovites accidentally take a photo of a winter forest. This is the area where they then equipped their temporary storage. Looking through the photo, I saw the very Luna-1C in the snow. The station separated from the launch vehicle. However, she did not crash to smithereens. Buried in snow, she remained at the edge of the forest. The Dyatlovites never found it. But on one (not very well taken) photo, there are parts of the protective shield that covered the station in the rocket. I think that tourists again did not understand that this subject has to do with space. But they took a photograph of him.
On the night of February 2, a group of soldiers found and blew up the Luna-1C station. The guys from the Dyatlov group were at that moment higher, at the pass itself. Hearing the explosion, they saw through the tent a sodium warhead falling. The brightest "star" fell almost on their heads. At this moment, they cut the tent, jump out. This explains their last photo. Where there was a flash over the forest. It was this phenomenon that was recorded by them. Apparently they were disoriented for a while. Then, when their sight returned to them, they began to return back to the tent. And then a group of soldiers overtook them. Then what happened happened. All members of the group were killed. Someone just froze to death. Dubina and Zolotarev's eyes were cut out, as they were damaged by a sodium explosion. The tongue was apparently cut out because of the same thing. One of the attackers was injuredhis corpse was not taken away. Since he was dressed in the national clothes of the Mansi, the prosecutor's office, having discovered his body, did everything not to raise a wave around this case. The only unpredictable thing happened was that the search engines found military windings on the pass. Which were included in the standard equipment of the special forces. So a banal accident of an interplanetary station caused the death of a group of tourists.
A group of soldiers dressed in Mansi catches up with Dyatlov's group. Photo of the Dyatlov group.
Presumably the screen from the Luna-1C station. Photo of the Dyatlov group.
The forest where the Luna-1C station was located. Photo of the Dyatlov group.
Promotional video:
Station Luna-1C. Photo of the Dyatlov group.
Close-up of a space station that fell into the taiga.
Luna-1C.
Estimated flight path of the station.
Station scheme.
Luna-1C.
After the explosion of the station on the night of February 2, 1959, the rocket with Na flew off and exploded.
The last photo of the deceased group recorded the explosion of the station and the detonation of a rocket with Na.