[net.columbia] Space News

sjb (05/18/82)

Two Soviet cosmonauts, launched last week in a new Soyez T-5
rocket, reactivated systems aboard the new Salyut 7 space   
station after linking with it 26 hours after launch.  The
astronauts were said to be feeling fine and the station was
reported to be operating normally.

In American space news, Jack Lousma, commander of STS-3 said
that he and Gordon Fullerton experienced normal amounts of
radiation during their flight aboard the shuttle.  NASA is
concerned that long exposures to space, such as might be
encountered during stints on space stations, could endanger
the lives of the astronauts with respect to radiation.