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...Soyuz 16 performed "without a hitch," say the Soviets. During their 96 swings around the earth, Cosmonauts Anatoli Filipchenko, 46, and Nikolai Rukavishnikov, 42, practiced exercises with a docking ring mounted on the ship's nose. With the ring, according to the Soviets, the crew could simulate some of the "docking maneuvers" that will be required in next year's linkup. (The description was somewhat misleading since the Russian ship will be the passive partner during the rendezvous; Apollo will do all the critical maneuvering.) The Russian spacemen also reduced cabin pressure to about...
...only 5½ hours later, having made no attempt to board Salyut, the Soyuz crew returned to earth in an unprecedented night landing. The premature return, one rumor had it, was caused by faulty operation of Soyuz's thrusters. In Moscow, the story circulated that Rookie Cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov had become "space sick," complained about the sensations of weightlessness, and had to be returned quickly to earth...
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