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Soyuz TMA-17 scheduled to dock today to the ISS

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - With on board the crew of Expedition 22

The docking of the Soyuz TMA-17 to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for today, December 22, with on board the crew of Expedition 22. The spaceship was launched on Sunday from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. The crew which will join the permanent occupants of the Station is formed by American T.J. Creamer, Russian Oleg Kotov and Japanese Soichi Noguchi, all flight engineers. They...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112878
Rome, Italy, 12/22/2009 16:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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