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Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 18:29:24 EDT
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Subject: Soviet Salyut Mission Ends

The Russians announced at 8:00 am EDT Oct 2 that the Soyuz T-11 capsule had
landed safely with the three cosmonauts from the Salyut spacestation.
The total flight time was 237 days on board the station, 26 days longer than
the previous record of 211 days.

One other interesting first was achieved in this flight I think.  The wife of
one of the Cosmonauts (I think it was Kazin) had a baby while he was in orbit.
Politically that may be not important but I think it is a milestone for mankind.
For centuries that has happened to seamen, and now mankind is spending enough
time in space that it happens to spacetravelers.  Maybe in the not too distant
future the first child will be born off this planet.  Let us hope the Soviets
are not the only ones to celebrate that future event.

                                 Glenn Chapman