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March 27, 2014

Russian spacecraft brings three-man crew to ISS after two-day delay
Moscow (AFP) March 28, 2014
A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man Russian and US crew on Friday docked successfully at the International Space Station after an unprecedented two-day delay caused by a technical hitch. The Soyuz TMA-12M carrying Russia's Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and NASA's Steve Swanson docked at 03:53 am Moscow time (1153 GMT Thursday), Russia's mission control said. "The docking of the piloted spaceship has taken place to the ISS. All the systems are working normally," mission control ann ... read more

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