A Russian capsule bearing

A Russian capsule bearing 600 kg. (1,320 lb.) of microgravity experiments landed safely in Kazakhstan on June 16 after 16 days in orbit. The payload of the Foton M-2 vehicle included replacements for some European Space Agency experiments lost with the space shuttle Columbia, and on an earlier Foton...

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