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Pre-launch process of Soyuz TMA-22 and Progress M-12M spacecraft started

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - At Baikonur cosmodrome

Russian Federal Space Agency "Roscosmos" announced on Thursday that it's started the pre-launch process of Soyuz TMA-22 and Progress M-12M spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The agency stated that the two space vehicles "Were unloaded from the carriages at site 254 for further installation in the test bench and prelaunch processing". Soyuz TMA-22 will depart to the ISS, International...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131517
Rome, Italy, 06/29/2011 21:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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