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...moving along the y-axis to the upper left," Foale yelled to Tsibliyev...
...Tsibliyev complied, and Foale checked the windows again. The stars had not moved. "Try another five," he suggested...
THURSDAY, AUG. 21 Strictly speaking, Foale did not have to help Tsibliyev and Lazutkin into the Soyuz lifeboat. The cosmonauts, after all, had been certified to fly the Soyuz line of ships long before Foale had even got his first close look at one. What's more, even if they had needed assistance, there were other people aboard the station today to handle the job. Earlier in the week, cosmonauts Anatoli Solovyev and Pavel Vinogradov had arrived in a Soyuz of their own to relieve the two Russians. Foale would be going home too, but his ride aboard...
Foale had not been looking forward to the day Tsibliyev and Lazutkin would leave; surprisingly, Tsibliyev had also anticipated it with some dread. Frequently over the past six weeks, the dinner conversation had turned to speculation over the criticism he might face when he returned to Earth. Foale, the Westerner, was convinced he would face none. Tsibliyev, the Easterner, familiar with Russia's long history of finger-pointing and blame laying, was not so sure. "Michael, you don't know what our system is like," he would...
...Tsibliyev rarely seemed reassured. But on the morning of Aug. 21, as Foale lingered by the Soyuz, offering his soon to be former crewmates his not entirely necessary help, Tsibliyev seemed relieved to be going. The Russians strapped themselves in and flashed Foale a smile, and the three men began to work the hatch closed. Just before it sealed completely, Foale felt his eyes well up and looked away. When he looked back, he forced another grin. Lazutkin extended him the pilot's courtesy of pretending he didn't notice the tears. Moments later, the hatch was sealed, and Foale...