Moscow day 5
"Suddenly everything was left in darkness. We all got still, trying to guess what was going on. For the first time in my life I heard the silence.
Silence does not exist in the space. If you can hear it out there something goes wrong, terribly wrong. All systems in the space ship were off and we had no idea why, not at all.
Little by little we began moving, slowly, trying carefully not to touch any important component. That moment I felt alone, horribly alone. We had no communication with Earth. Nothing.
On those moments you have to decide on a thousandth of a second if you want to risk your life. Probabilities of a hull crack and air leaking were really high. A piece of a star could have collide with us. We had just a few seconds to decide if using the emergency capsule and leave or saving the ship. We decided to save it.
We started switching on all systems and switches slowly, one by one. We had to be very careful to find out the failure. Little by little everything returned to normal.
It may not look very exciting, but it was the most tense hour and forty minutes in my entire life. I thought I was going to have a heart attack at any moment. I thought any of the ship members could go mad at any minute. I thought about the million things anyone does think when is about to die, alone, in the space. Nevertheless, we didn´t stop at all. Finally, we headed to Earth where we had lots of problems to land."
To read this story is exciting. To hear it directly from Boris Volynov, mission commander, is one of the best experiences possible. Yesterday we lived this and much more in the city of stars.
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