Salyut 7: The Ghost Ship Above Earth

Sofa King Podcast

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In February 1985, the Soviet space station Salyut 7 went dark. Powerless and frozen, it drifted above the Earth—a ghost in orbit. Months later, two cosmonauts attempted an impossible rescue: a manual docking and revival of a lifeless spacecraft. What they found inside would become one of the most haunting moments in the history of human spaceflight. This episode explores the real-life technical miracle behind the Salyut 7 rescue and the eerie “angels in space” story that followed. Were the glowing beings seen by cosmonauts the result of divine intervention, hallucination, or optical illusion? Join Brad, Brent, and Dave as they resurrect this chilling Cold War legend, dissect the myth, and question what really happens when humans stare too long into the void. Includes: The true story of Salyut 7’s frozen failure and daring repair The mysterious angel sightings reported in orbit Connections to faith, isolation, and space psychology Listen. Learn. Laugh. Question everything. Support the show & join The Skult: Patreon.com/SofaKingPodcast Merch & SK Gear: SofaKingPodcast.com More Episodes: / @sofakingpodcast Sofakingpodcast.com Produced by Brad Taylor Music by Brad Taylor Full songs available on Patreon "Enter the Sofa King Chamber" "Angels In Orbit" Artwork by Brent Vantassel #Salyut7 #SofaKingPodcast #SpaceMystery #Cosmonauts #UFO #AngelsInOrbit

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0:00.0	And keto.
0:01.2	I was good.
0:01.7	And I've been walking 2.5 miles every morning at 6 a.m.
0:04.9	I told Brad and his buddy, I walked past some thugs. There was like these gangster dudes by the smoke shop at 6 a.m. in the dark. And I was like, these fools are going to fucking steal my phone, dude. I like drop my phone in my pocket. They were black. Two of them were black. Two of them were Mexican. We got some neck tattoos and shit.
0:19.8	Definitely some tattoos.
0:20.7	I was picturing, like, for some reason,
0:22.4	they were, like like 70s black test say blood
0:27.9	hey turkey you jive turkey you're in the wrong neighborhood jive ass turkey they would just
0:33.3	confuse me i don't know if they wanted to get down or get down yeah exactly you don't know but uh know. But these dudes, I was like, fuck, they're right on the sidewalk. It's obvious I'm going to have to walk around him. And I was like, I don't know. I don't have shit on me. I'm just my phone that they're going to take and beat my ass. So I'm walking by. And I go ahead and cut to the gutter. And I look over just to kind of be aware of my surroundings. Dude's like, oh, good morning, man. puts his hand out, shakes my fucking hand. I was like, man, what the fuck?
0:57.9	Am I an ass? And I look over just to kind of be aware of my surroundings. Dude's like, oh, good morning, man. puts his hand out, shakes my fucking hand.
0:56.0	I was like, man, what the fuck?
0:57.9	Am I an asshole?
0:58.6	I was like, I was fucking the stereotype.
1:00.3	And the fuck out of those dudes.
1:01.2	No, I don't think you were.
1:02.1	I think you were living in gangster's paradise.
1:03.7	No, he looked scarier.
1:05.1	Yeah, I did like a selfie.
1:05.8	Yeah. I did a selfie video, though, to tell my buddy about it. And I did a selfie video, and I look like I'm one of them.
1:12.3	That was the problem.
1:12.9	I had a beanie on, and I like straight from Sons of Anarchy. I looked like I just got out. Like, I should have been wearing gray sweats and had a fucking. They probably thought you were their contact. Yeah. He was like, he was an arms dealer or something. They were all hanging out, waiting for the biker to show up.
1:25.6	I have fentanyl handshake and I didn't, I didn't decode it.
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