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The Soviet press has hailed thf return
of thf two cosmonauts from thfir 149
days in orbit as a new space cvccess.
However the Communist Party paper,
Pravda, hinted that all had not gonD
entirely smoothly with the mission on
Salyut-7N
The western news media last month said
thf space station had suffered a fsel
leak, and MS experts believe there
may havf been a computer malfunction.
Unusually, state television has not yet
shown pictures of the cosmonauts'
return, fuelling furthfr spfculation
that all is not wellN