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Soviets Expand Space Training at Star City
A visit to Star City near Moscow shows the Soviet Union actively expanding its space program with new training facilities and a Salyut simulator planned. Maj. Gen. Vladimir Shatalov details crew selection, Baikonur prep, and notes moon missions remain possible by 1975 amid American contractions.
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Star City
John Noble Wilford
NYT
Zvezdny Gorodok
Soviet Union
Stellar Town
Vladimir A. Shatalov
Shatalov
United States
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Moscow
Schchelkovo
Yuri Gagarin
Soyuz
Salyut
Space Station
Astronaut Corps
Air Force
Apollo
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan
Soviet
Cape Kennedy
Baikonur