Evening star., 1961-08-08
SPAcEkAN
SPACENAN
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laSe Of Pokovnikova to join in
the festival. His wife, Tamara,
will also be present. So will the
first space traveller. Mai. Yuri
.GagaYin, who hurried home
at word Of Maj. Titov's flight.
Maj. Titov was still reporting
today TO scientists on his II
trips around the globe, which
ended after IS hours and 18
minutes Of space travel at 1918
am. yesterday.
Pinpoint Descent
;. The Soviet Unions second
spaceman made q pinpoint
descent near the Volga $50
miles southeast of Moscow, the
Soviet announcement said, al
most at the spot where Mai.
Gagarin landed and at almost
the same hour of the day.
Moscow newspapers today
printed column after column
OF messages from abroad con-
graduating the nation on its
achievement and a sour note
from the United States.
Washington was bitter over
this new success" reported
TaSs from New York. It quoted
the New York Times as say
Ing the Russians were using
this latest Soviet accomplish
ment to achieve the aim of
political and psychological
war.
Senator Russell, chairman
Of the Senate Armed Services
Committee" Tass continued.
"can think Of nothing better
than to say that there are
indications that a Sputnik of
this size could be used as a
most dangerous weapon"
Pravda published one sad de-
tail. 1t reported that the Titovs
had q son, Igor, three years
ago but he died at Z months.
The papers said Majs. Titov
and Gagarin were nearly twins
IN training, physique, hand
sosnenesS and department, and
were very close friends.
ION Wednesday, April IL,
Titov was with Gagarin and
II anything had interfered !,
with Gagarin being launched,
T1tov would have gone in
stead" Pravda reported.
Maj. Titov, who landed with
his spaceship little more than
an hours fast plane flight from
Moscow, was shown in photo
graphs being welcomed after
the flight "at an airport" He
wore his airman's dress uniform
and carried a big bouquet of
flowers.
Automatic Devices
Boris Satskov, a member of
the Academy Of Sciences writ
ing for TaSS termed Mai. Titov
"the captain Of the space ship,
In the true sense of the word"
because he could control his
ship manually. But at the same
time, Mr.. Sotskov said, 1t was
the perfection of automatic de-
vices which was important.
-''Nothing but automatic de-
vices, which are becoming in
creasingly reliable. can invade
tie depths Of outer space due
to the growing complexity of |
the assignments" =" Mr.. Sotskov
said.
1.-THE control and regulation
system used in the flight of |
Vpstok II spaceship fully salts
fled these demands"
sMr. Satskov, described as an
authority on automatic systems,
added: @
."For the first time in the
world the cosmonaut trans
niitted to the earth such words
as Good night, 7 am going tol
sleep This fact shows how
highly dependable were the
automatic control systems
which insured the cosmonaut's
flight and landing strictly ac-
cording to program"
Mai. Titov's 23-year-old wife,
interviewed by Pravda, ex-
pressed her pride in her hus-
band and said mo one is hap
pier than we Soviet women
because our husbands, fathers
and brothers are first in every
thing" - /
Mrs. Titov, who is studying
to become a doctor, said had
she known so many people
would show an interest in her
cosmonaut husband, II would
: have become his best biog-
rapher."
When Maj. Gagarin made
his space flight last April, she
said, her husband told her:
There is enough outer space
for all! The. day is not far
away when others, following in
the wake Of Yuri, will fly, too" i:
Izvestia today began publish
ing the new cosmonaut's life
story.