Left in Space: The Cosmonaut's Endless Orbit

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 6, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

Unless you have completely tired of hard-luck stories from the former Soviet Union, spare a thought for the plight of Cosmonaut 3rd Class Sergei Krikalev.

Blasted into space 261 days ago by a country that no longer exists, Krikalev is now wondering when the successor states to the communist superpower will arrange his long-delayed return home. Once a week, he is allowed to chat with his wife, Lena, to find out how she is making out on his less-than-cosmic monthly salary of 500 rubles ($2.50 at the free-market exchange rate) at a time when prices have gone through the stratosphere. But ...

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