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...heard that Shepherd has been criticized by the Russians for being inexperienced. How is he dealing with that? Yes, there have been repeated questions about his ability to command. American shuttle flights are of short duration, and Shepherd had just about two weeks' experience in orbit, compared to cosmonauts who spend months in space. Krikalev, for one, has spent more than year in space. The first cosmonaut pilot assigned to the crew and charged with the task of flying the Soyuz capsule refused to serve with Shepherd, whom he considered a rookie. Shepherd's authority was further undermined by Russian...
...George Soros b) a Pizza Hut ad c) cosmonaut organ sales d) $20 that didn't come from the Russian...
...sent lawmakers into orbit; Senator Jake Garn took a junket on the Space Shuttle back before the Challenger disaster, and John Glenn heads off in the fall. But never has America put a presidential aide in space. Can this one fly? "We can teach anyone to become a cosmonaut as long as he's not an idiot," said Mir's deputy flight director Viktor Blagov. So that's okay, then...
FUNNY RUSSIA Now Russians are punch-lines. The cosmonaut in Armageddon (1998; 6) provides comic relief, but he helps save the world...
When they break out the cognac aboard Mir, it's usually a sign that the cosmonauts have survived yet another harrowing test of their nerves. Today, they could be forgiven for taking a celebratory nip: In what might have been a rerun of last June's disastrous collision, the autopilot docking mechanism aboard a supply ship again failed -- but this time, Mir's commander managed to use the manual controls to safely dock the vessel. And inside the cargo vessel, for the cosmonaut who has everything, a new set of wrenches. Now they can fix that damn door...