Saturday marks 35th anniversary of start of first and only space flight by Czech

Saturday is the 35th anniversary of the start of the first and to date only space flight by a Czech. Vladimír Remek was a member of the crew of the Soviet Soyuz 28 mission which took off on March 2 1978 and reentered Earth’s atmosphere almost eight days later. The Czech cosmonaut was the first man in space who was not a citizen of either the US or the USSR. Mr. Remek, who is 64, is today an MEP for the Communist Party and has been discussed as a possible future Czech ambassador to Moscow.