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Friday the first manned module will reach Iss after the Shuttle tragedy

Moscow, Russia - A reduced crew, but several experiments will be done

Friday at 10:54 pm local time it will leave from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the Russian shuttle Soyuz, that will carry on the Iss (International Space Station) 2 astronauts, the American Ed Lu and the Russian Yuri Malenchenko, who will remain on board for 6 months. The shuttle will dock to the orbiting station on next Monday, and it will be the Soyuz again to carry on Earth the 3 current...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 44359
Rome, Italy, 04/23/2003 16:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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