Space: Sunrise with Troika

The spaceship Sunrise that circled the earth for 24 hours last week was the first manned Russian satellite to be orbited in 16 months. But the long, launchless period had been a busy one: the Sunrise flight was eloquent technical testimony to the accomplishments of Soviet space scientists. Items: > The capsule was first to carry more than one passenger. Its three-man crew was a sure promise of multiman space stations.

> The crew contained the first trained scientists ever to venture into space.

> The space suits of earlier astronauts were conspicuous...

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