After all the gremlins they encountered aboard the battered space station, this morning's trouble-free touch down of their Soyuz craft must have come as a relief especially to Commander Tsibliyev, whose stress-related heart condition developed in the midst of Mir's woes. Doctors report he's doing fine. "I'm happy to be back on Earth," said Tsibilyev. Ain't that the pravda?
Mir Crew Returns After Six Months
DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakstan: Jet lag is one thing, but what weary cosmonauts Alexander Lazutkin and Vasily Tsibliyev are going through now would be more in the way of space-capsule lag. The pair have returned safely to Earth after a gruelling six months aboard Mir.