Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-11
Third Russian Is Orbitinq Earth
Reds Report
Everything OK
On 4th Trip
British Expect
17-Orbit Flight
To Be Dwurfed

The Soviet Union launched a
third man into orbit today and
within six hours the Russians
said he had run his ship, had
lunch and on his fourth orbit
reported everything going well.
British scientists expressed be-
lief he might be on a flight Of
several days.
Soviet broadcasts said the
flight was to test weightlesS-
ness and other problems Of
space. British space experts
said they thought his flight
would dwarf the 25-hour. IT.
orbit voyage of CoSmonaut
Gherman 1ftov and provide
data for a trip to the moon.
Vostok III blasted off at
1880 am. Moscow time C4:30
am. EDIT carrying Maj. An
drian Grigorievich Nikolayev,
32-year-old veteran flyer who
was a stand-in for Mai. Titov
and the Soviet Unions first
Cosmonaut, Maj. Yui Gagarin.
Tass news agency said Maj.
Nikolayev pronounced Nee
koh-lah'-yehv) radioed he was
feeling fine hours after COM
pleting his first girdling of
the globe in 88.5 minutes on an
orbit that carried him about
$50 miles up.
The flight broke a year-long
lull in the Soviet man-in-space
program.
U. S. Tests Noted
Moscow Radio said the Soviet
government had asked the
United States to refrain from
any measures that might en-
danger Mai. Nikolayev, adding
that it was known new United
States high altitude nuclear
tests were planned. The Soviet
made no mention of its own
nuclear tests now under way.
On his third orbit, Moscow
Radio reported, Mai. Nikolayev
traded messages with Premier
Khrushchev. reporting: II feel
excellent. The entire system of
the ship is functioning excel
lently."
Mr.. KhruShchev replied: IT
have heard you. Comrade Nj
kolayev. I am happy that you
are feeling well and that equip
ment is functioning we'll. I
greet you and am proud that
you have displayed courage and
have carried out such historic
flight"
About six hours after launch
ing, Moscow television broad
cast images of Maj. Nikolayev it
said were taken from the space
ship. The images were fairly
clear. Mai. Nikolayev seemed to
have his eyes closed most Of
the time. He used his hands
several times to move controls.
Newspaper extras hit the
streets and were quickly bought
by eager crowds. In MoScow's
giant Lenin stadium, Soviet
athletes paraded with large
pictures of Mai. Nikolayev.
Moscow Radio and Tass gave
no indication of how many Or
bits Mr.. Nikolayev might make.
Nor did they give the weight
of the space craft or other de-
tails.
This contrasted with the
running stream of information
poured out when Maj Titov
made his historic flight.
1t was recalled, however, that
Maj. T1toV said recently longer
space flights would be coming
soon.
In Britain, Sir Bernard Low
ell, director of the Jodren
Bank Radio Telescope Station,
said the flight may last several
days. adding that this would
represent a rapid stride in the
Russian attempt to get a man
on the moon"
Other British scientists also
took the view that this third
space flight would surpass that
of Maj. Titov.
Official Announcement
The official Soviet announce
ment said the flight was to
obtain additional data on the
effect of space flight condi-
tons on the human body, to
study mans capacity to work
in the condition of weightless-
See SPACEMAN, Page A-3