Can you tell me about the Soyuz landing with cosmonauts Viktorenko and Kaleri?
We had a hard landing, which is normal when you land in a capsule like Soyuz hanging below a parachute and landing on a hard surface. We landed during summer and the ground was very hard. We had a little bit of wind and we landed hard, but nobody was hurt. After we landed, the capsule started to turn around. Everything became very unorganized because we did not pack it up very well. The craft ended up on its side. I was on the highest part, Viktorenko was in the middle, and Kaleri was on the bottom. We had some trouble getting Kaleri out of the capsule. It took close to forty-five minutes. I hope landing on the shuttle is easier. You’ve trained in the Russian space program and also at the Johnson Space Center. You are one of the very few people who are familiar with the training systems in both countries. What are the big differences in preparing astronauts and cosmonauts for spaceflight here as compared to the way they do it in Star City? There are many differences, but the main diffe
