Soyuz spacecraft docks with space station

Soyuz spacecraft docks with space station

pbr A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has docked successfully at the International Space Station.br ppbr A Russian Mission Control spokesman said the spacecraft hooked up with the orbiting station using an automatic docking system on Sunday.br ppbr The Soyuz was launched Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.br ppbr American Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko are joining the station's three current inhabitants.br ppbr Within three days, a seven-person crew aboard the Shuttle Discovery will dock at the station for a 13-day mission. During this period, four women will be in space at the same time, which is a first in history.br ppbr Nasa has cleared Discovery for a Monday morning launch.


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