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The Space Station is really crowded (2): three new crew members arrived today (VIDEO)

Baikonur, Kazakistan - During the next four days the orbiting laboratory will be home for nine astrinauts

The three new crew members of Expedition 38 arrived at the International Space Station: the hatches of the spacecraft and of the orbiting laboratory were opened at 12:44 pm GMT/UTC on Thursday 7 November 2013, allowing the six astronauts who already were on the ISS to greet their new colleagues. The docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M with the Rassvet module occurred at 10:27 am GMT/UTC today, some minutes...

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Rome, Italy, 11/07/2013 18:59
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