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July 23, 2015

Russian, Japanese, US crew reach ISS despite minor mishap
Moscow (AFP) July 23, 2015
Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States Thursday have docked with the International Space Station after a two-month delay, and a minor hiccup with a solar array. The Soyuz TMA 17M rocket - carrying cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui of Japan - blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on schedule after a two-month delay caused by the failure of a Russian rocket during an unmanned resupply mission. The launch and the docking were successful even though one ... read more

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