Soviet space shot
NZPA-Reuter Moscov A two-man Soviet spaceship was launched yesterday, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. The spaceship, Soyuz-22, was crewed by Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksenov, the agency said.
United Press International said it was the second Soviet manned space shot this summer.
Soyuz 21 was launched on July 6, and its two crewmen remained aboard an orbiting spa.ce laboratory for nearly seven weeks before returning to Earth on August 24. Bykovsky, a veteran cosmonaut, commanded the spaceship with Aksenov as flight engineer, N.Z.P.A.Reuter said, Tass said the aim of the flight was to check and improve ways of studying from outer space geological and geographical characteristics of the Earth’s surface.
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