- Title: RUSSIA: MIR SPACE STATION COSMONAUTS ARRIVE IN MOSCOW
- Date: 14th August 1997
- Summary: OVER MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 14, 1997) (RTV (A) - ACCESS ALL) SV INTERIOR COCKPIT OF PLANE CARRYING COSMONAUTS VASILIY TSIBLIYEV AND ALEXANDER LAZUTKIN SV SPACE OFFICIALS CONTRATULATING EACH OTHER CU MIR 97 BADGE HAS TSIBLIYEV AND LAZUTKIN ENJOYING FIRST MEAL AFTER FLIGHT SV TSIBLIYEV SAYING SLV JOURNALISTS ABOARD COSMONAUT PLANE SV TSIBLIYEV SAYING IT WAS TIME THAT TALK OF WHO WAS TO BLAME CAME TO A STOP. TSIBLIYEV TALKING ABOUT THE MISHAPS THAT HAD OCCURRED ON MIR DURING HIS LEADERSHIP (RUSSIAN) MOSCOW TRACK TSIBLIYEV AND LAZUTKIN STPEEING OFF PLANE SV TSIBLIYEV'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER WAITING WITH FLOWERS SLV TSIBLIYEV AND LAZUTKIN DESCEND STAIRS / MET BY GENERAL STAR CITY TRACK BUS WITH COSMONAUTS ARRIVING AT STAR CITY'S HEALTH CENTRE SLV WOMEN WITH FLOWERS AND BREAD AND SALT SV TSIBLIYEV EATING BREAD SCU FLOWERS IN GIRL'S HAND SLV MEDICS AND DOCTORS HUGGING COSMONAUTS
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- Location: OVER RUSSIA, MOSCOW AND STAR CITY, MOSCOW
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Space
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- Story Text: - INTRO: The two Russian cosmonauts who spent six long months in the MIR space station have arrived back in Moscow.
Wearied cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin arrived in Moscow on Thursday (August 14) evening after a gruelling six month stint aboard the Mir space station.
The two men touched down in the Kazakh desert on Thursday afternoon after a successful undocking from the station and three hour flight from orbit to earth.
They underwent intensive medical checks as soon as they hit the ground and then where whisked away by helicopter to a plane bound for Moscow.
On the plane the cosmonauts feasted on a juicy watermelon and French wine and relaxed.
Tsibliyev spoke candidly about the many mishaps that occured aboard Mir during his leadership. He said that it was time that talk of who was to blame came to a stop.
The cosmonauts have endured a series of major woes since they arrived aboard Mir in February. The most serious was a June 25 collision between the station and its supply ship.
Mir has run on partial power since then. They also had to contend with a fire and a series of problems with their life support systems during their mission.
A crowd of family and friends greeted the cosmonauts turned-heros as they stepped out of the plane at Moscow's Chikalovsky airport.
The two men went directly from the airport to the cosmonaut welcoming ceremony at Star City, where they were offered the traditional bread and salt.
They will now spend three weeks recuperating at Star City's special health centre.
British-born Michael Foale and two Russian replacements, Commander Anatoly Solovyov and engineer Pavel Vinogradov, are now working aboard Mir. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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