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SPACEMEN
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And Give Trip Details to Officials
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agency Novosti already had re-
ported that for the next few
days they will remain under
observation Of doctors to study
the influences of prolonged
space flight on the human
organism"
Moscow Reception Slated
Preparations, meanwhile, were
under way in Moscow for a
mammoth welcome - expected
this week end-in Red Square.
1t was there that space pioneers
Majs. Gagarin and Titov were
feted after their trail-blazing
flights.
Mai Nikolayev and Col.
Popovich will join Mr.. Kru-
shchev and other Soviet leaders
atop Lenin's tomb to watch a
parade that doubtless will run
for hours.
A group Of youthful Mus
covites staged a parade of their
own yesterday as word spread
that the astronauts had finally
landed.
They paraded through the
city carrying big portraits of all
four Soviet spacemen and plac-
ards with t.le inscription:
Glory to the explorers Of the
universal"
Moscow newspapers rang with
praise for Maj. Nikolayev and
Col. Popovich and trumpeted
claims that the Communist
system was responsible for the
amazing feat.
L. S. Declared Tagging
Commentator Georgi A. Zhu-
kov noted in Pravda that Pres
ident Kennedy admitted in
public that the United States
was tagging behind the Soviet
Union in space exploration and
that the United States is wor-
ried over this"
In the eyes of the whole
world this gesture would as
sumo great Importance. if it
were followed by real steps
toward the conclusion of an
agreement on general and COM
plete disarmament and the eS-
tablishment of American-Soviet
cooperation in the peaceful
exploration Of outer space" he
said.
Mr.. Zhukov, former chairman
OF the committee for cultural
relations with foreign countries,
devoted his long Pravda article
to praise for the new astronauts |
and jibes at the United States. |
THE Soviet Union has
attained such breathtaking
heights which were inaccessible
to the West. which yesterday
was still boasting of its old
civilization" he wrote.
THE pure air Of these heights
is amazing, favorable for the
boldest and most daring crea-
tive endeavors. Those who must I
conduct their scientific activity
in the Sitting old world of the
dollar lack this invigorating
air."
The cosmonauts were photo
graphed yesterday bearded but
exultant after their spaceships
plummeted back into the
earth's atmosphere and landed
south Of Karaganda in Ka-
zakhStan. Maj. Nikolayev had
made "a orbits of the earth,
Col. Popovich 40.
After resting up a while and
feasting on watermelon, they
had a long phone talk with
Premier Khrushchev, on vaca-
ton on the Black Sea.
'Nikolayev reported to him
that the flight had gone off
successfully, that he felt ex-
cellent and that he was ready
to carry out the party's and
governments next task" Tass
news agency reported.
81 won't detain you," Mr..
Khrushchev told them. GO
and rest unrest up in a real
way.
In the cosmos you had
more quiet when you rested"
the Premier joked, but we
can't guarantee you such quiet
now. You'll have to put up
with the noise of the earth as
we do"
That's right. Nikita Ser ,
geyevich," replied Col. Popo- ]
vich. Here it is hot and up !
there we had complete COM
fort" ,
The statement that both !
men were aboard their ships
at landing indicated the use .
of parachutes as well as land =
ing gear to cushion the shock.
Maj. Gagarin parachuted to I
a landing within his Vostok :
after his single orbit April IL, ;
1861. Maj. Titov bailed out of {
Vostok II at the end of his IT.
orbit flight August 6, 1861.
The United States still uses .
water landings. 1t does not ex-
pect to have land-return capa-
bllity until a Titan II rocket
carries a two-man team aloft ,
for Project Gemini in 1864.
The Soviets have not an
nounced the weights of Vostok
III and Vostok ", but the
Danish Communist newspaper,
Land Og Folk Country and
People,, speculated that each
weighed 8l2 tons.
That would be about 312 tons
heavier than the ships Majs.
Gagarin and Titov rode and
those used by United States
Astronauts 1t. Col. John H.
about six tone heavier than
Glenn, jr., an dit. Comdr. NAL
colin Scott Carpenter.