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Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft starts launch preparation

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Which will happen on March 30th and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1st space mission

Started the Soyuz TMA-21 launch preparation. Today, as reported by the Russian Federal Space Agency "Roscosmos", the crew spacecraft arrived at the Baikonur cosmodrome, in the steppes of Kazakhstan, and "RSC-Energia experts test Kurs system of the vehicle", that is the radio telemetry system used in Russian programs for automatic docking of shuttles. Soyuz TMA-21 will start with three astronauts...

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Rome, Italy, 02/09/2011 21:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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