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The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Space Station in Kazakhastan on Tuedsay

NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin

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New Crew Docks at Space Station

10:04 17/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti)

A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early on Thursday, beginning a four-month mission aboard the orbiting complex.

New Space Station Crew in Orbit
17:51 15/05/2012
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
Russia’s Proton-M Rocket with U.S. Intelsat-22 Set for Launch
02:27 25/03/2012
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecoms satellite, Intelsat-22, will be launched on late Sunday afternoon from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan
Russia Readies Proton-M for Intelsat-22 Launch
21:05 22/03/2012
A state commission on Thursday approved the readiness of a Proton-M carrier rocket for the launch of a U.S. telecoms satellite, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.
New crew on course for space station
18:26 21/12/2011
The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying a new crew to the International Space Station separated from the Soyuz-FG rocket and entered an intermediary orbit on Wednesday, a Federal Space Agency official said.
Russia launches two telecoms satellites
15:41 11/12/2011
A Proton-M carrier rocket with two telecommunications satellites onboard blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Sunday, Russia's space agency Roscosmos spokesman said.2
Russia has two weeks to put Mars probe back on track
15:39 09/11/2011
Engineers have up to two weeks to correct the path of a Russian probe bound for Mars, a top space official said on Wednesday.1

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