Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Cosmonuuts Still DRIFTING Earth
I Reds Likely
To Stay AIoft
Through Night
Spueeships Move
Awoy After Being
IS Miles Apart


Two Soviet coSmonautS orbited
around the earth in tandem
today, one entering his third
day in space and the other his
second in a historic feat put
ting the Russians ahead in the
race to the moon.
Already they had passed the
point where they would have
been in position to land and
that meant almost certainly
they would go on through at
least another night and morn
ing. They might possibly land
tomorrow. But nobody was
sure.
ABOARD VOSTOK III, Mai.
Andrian Nikolayev. 80, had
made 81 circuits of the earth
by 7 pm. Moscow time moon
EDIT since blastoff Saturday
morning, Tass reported. He
had covered about $685. 900 miles.
or four times the distance to
1.-THE moon.
Aboard Vostok w, 1t. Col.
Pavel Popovich, 81. had made
81 circuits covering about 546,-
900 miles since his launching
Sunday. He also had sur
passed the 17-orbit flight Of
Maj. Gherman Titov a year ago.
Two Exchange Greetings
= The two exchanged radio
= greetings this morning after
= awakening and eating break
v fast, but it was not clear how
= close their space ships were
= together. Tass reported they
" were near enough Sunday to
see each others ships.
If Trackers in Japan had put
re the distance between them as
re about rs miles Sunday. But
&c the Soho Research Center in
II. Cleveland, Ohio. said they later
C. had moved 385 miles apart.
m. After the craft passed ovel
the Eastern half of the United
es States at 1927 pm. tEDT
l. today, Soho revised its cal
l., culations and said Vostok II
q. was 796 miles ahead of Vostok
Us " and they were moving far
l. ther apart. DR.. A. L. Jones,
III supervisor of basic research,
6 said they could land early to-
morrow if they wanted to.
- At noon, every correspondent
in Moscow braced for news that
= the pilots had begun their de-
scent to Soviet soil. But rumors
of landing proved wrong and
one Soviet source declared,
They are not coming down.
today"
Premier Khrushchev mes
saged them:
IT again congratulate you
and embrace you. I wish you
successful fulfillment Of the
program of the flight, and
happy landing"
Thanks Sent to Khrushchev
Maj. Nikolayev replied:
Il thank Nikita Sergeyevich
Khrushchev for the warmth Of
his greeting. 1 will spare no
efforts to complete fully the
flight task"
Said Col. Popovich: Give
Nikita Sergeyevich great cordial
thanks. I'll spare no effort to
fulfill the set task and to be
8z healthy and unframed. I'll dc
Oh everything"
They were shown again on
II television today, laying back ir
81 their chairs, occasionally rising
ID to a half sitting position tc
b work better with a log book OF
n to keep it from shielding theil
III faces from the televiSion viewer
81 in the cabin of the ship. GeS
# lures and movements were rela
81 lively limited.
Tass reported that million
81 of televiewers saw Col. Popo
d vich rise from his seat. Loo
n through the portfolio. smile ant
81 drink something, then take hi
III seat again.
Distance to Moon Travelled
III None of the Westerners seer
to belive he had left his sea
b although he leaned forward il
b it far enough to look througl
d the portfolio.
Both had travelled far enougI
to reach the moon and bac
# but both reported they felt flint
M instruments functioning per
n fectly, and cabin temperatur
and other controls normal, Tas
81 reported.
A midday bulletin said: "Th
ID necessary medical and hygieni
ID conditions in the cabins of tn
b cosmonauts are fully main
81 tanned.
The coSmonautS' mornin
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