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2 spacemen land safely // Stranded cosmonauts succeed on 3rd try
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MOSCOW A Soviet-Afghan cosmonaut team retured safely to Earth
early today on their third attempt after being stranded in space for
a day with a dwindling supply of oxygen, the Tass news agency said.
Tass said Abdul Ahad Mohmand, 29, the first Afghan in space, and
his Soviet crewmate, Vladimir Lyakhov, 47, touched down at 4:50 a.m.
Moscow time (7:50 p.m. Chicago time Tuesday) in Soviet Central Asia.
"Both cosmonauts feel fine after the landing," Tass said.
The two c...
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