# cwa124 Cosmonaut V.Savinykh book`Memoires from Dead Station`

Book written by Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh (he flown 3 space missions including two long duration flights).On first page he notared in english `Best regards from autor-cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh` and signed.Also he autographed book on cover page and placed his personal handstamp `Sputnik & tennis raket Ex libris Savinykh V.P.` In this book Viktor Savinykh published his on board memoires of entire mission Soyuz T-13/Salyut-7 and radio communications with Mission Control center.described in details all difficult periods of bringing dead station back to usefulness. That was a most difficult space mission in history, when Savinykh and Dzhanibekov docked with dead Salyut-7 with no power, no sign of life, in cold and silence.And during their 112 days flight performed repairs and restored station back to life. Book tells about all these difficulties, wich of course were not told to public before by official Soviet press of that times.