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...Soyuz. The two ships, in effect, would have formed a mini-space station in earth orbit. But a failure apparently occurred aboard Cosmos, and the scheduled manned launch had to be scrubbed. Thus the Russians appear to have suffered a second major setback in space only weeks after their Salyut space station was crippled in orbit...
...earth. Seven hours later, the astronauts will rendezvous and dock with Skylab. The men will then move into their posh quarters and prepare to remain there for the next 28 days−four days longer than the previous record set in 1971 by the Russians in their more primitive Salyut I space station.* Later in the year, two more three-man crews will board the orbiting ship, each group remaining in space for 56 days. Total cost of the three missions: $2.5 billion...
...passed through the Mediterranean and headed full steam into the Atlantic, Western observers knew that something was up. The vessels are known to carry elaborate electronic gear and serve as communications links between Soviet spacecraft and ground controllers. Last week these suspicions were dramatically confirmed when the Soviets orbited Salyut 2, a 17¾-ton space lab. At week's end, they were expected to launch a smaller Soyuz spacecraft that would carry cosmonauts to the orbital...
...launch of Salyut, which carries a cargo of scientific equipment, marked a resumption of the Soviet manned space effort after an interruption of nearly two years. During the last manned mission, in June 1971, three cosmonauts lived in Salyut 1 for almost 24 days-longer than anyone had previously spent in space. But the three crewmen were killed on their way back to earth; the hatch of their Soyuz spacecraft leaked-perhaps jolted by the retrorocket firing prior to re-entry-resulting in a fatal loss of oxygen. Since then Soviet engineers have redesigned the hatch to prevent a recurrence...
TIME'S Moscow correspondent John Shaw reports strong speculation in the Soviet capital that the cosmonauts will live and work aboard Salyut 2 until May Day, one of the biggest political holidays of the year and a time when the Soviet leadership likes to show off its accomplishments. If the mission is successful, the Russians may well steal the thunder from a U.S. space spectacular: the mid-May launch of Skylab, aboard which three astronauts are scheduled to live for 28 days...