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Is it time for interspace marriages?

Moscow, Russia - ISS commander decided to say "Yes"

After the swinging decisions which finally preferred an "earth" marriage to a "space" one, Iuri Malencenko, the Russian commander of the International Space Station (ISS), decided to pronounce the fateful "yes" about 400 km far from his wife-to-be Iekaterina Dmitrieva. Few days ago the commander stated he preferred to wait for his going home (see news as reported by AVIONEWS); but his fiance didn’t a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 48783
Rome, Italy, 08/05/2003 14:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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