326 days in space // `I feel fine' - cosmonaut

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 30, 1987 | Copyright information

MOSCOW - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, the world's most experienced space traveler, returned to Earth Tuesday after a record 326 days in space, crowning a year of achievements for the Soviet space program.

The Soyuz TM3 space capsule, buffeted by 65-m.p.h. winds, landed on its side on the snow-covered steppes of Soviet Kazakhstan, a Soviet television broadcast showed.

Romanenko, 43, was shown coming out of the capsule into a snowstorm and telling reporters, "I feel fine. I have a good feeling of a job well done. And, of course, I feel good touching Earth and seeing the snow-covered ...

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