Mystery space delay
NZPA-Reuter Moscow The two Soviet cosmonauts who orbited the earth in the Salyut 5 space laboratory for the past two weeks have taken unusually long over their preparations to return to the ground. Nearly 30 hours after the unexpected Soviet report that they were readying their Soyuz 24 craft for the; flight home, the cosmonauts, .(Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri [Glazkov, were shown on [television on Thursday night (aboard Salyut 5.
Cosmonauts on past missions to Salyut stations have [generally landed within 24 (hours of the first official [hint they were returning. Flight Engineer Glazkov [said that it was “a big job” [to put everything back in place and leave all Salyut s’s instruments in order. “It. has turned out that a; spaceman must not only be able to work on board the spaceship, but he must also have the qualities of a housekeeper,” he said. :
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