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...understandable then that Cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok, 39, got a little sentimental last month when he and his rookie sidekick, Viktor Savinykh, 41, headed back to earth in an advanced Soyuz T spacecraft after 75 days in space. Theirs was the final visit of cosmonauts to Salyut, although it could be used for unmanned missions. The Soviets have indicated that they may dock an unmanned Cosmos satellite on Salyut soon, perhaps this week. After looking back at the ship for the last time, Kovalyonok rhapsodized: "It was so beautiful it gave my heart a pang...
...space scientists, the crucial question is what happened to Kovalyonok's heart-and the rest of his body-during his long stay in space. Sixteen teams of cosmonauts-including a Cuban, a Rumanian and other East bloc visitors-had docked with Salyut since September 1977, and all proclaimed themselves hale and hearty upon return. But if there was one major lesson from Salyut for both the Soviets and NASA, it is that, during extended spaceflights, the human body may be the most delicate machine...
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