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The 8th expedition is going to leave the international space station (ISS)

Kostanai, Kazakhstan – The landing is foreseen in Kazakhstan around 00:12 GMT

ISS (international Space Station) expedition 8th crewmembers Michael Foale (American) and Alexander kaleri (Russian) together with Andrè Kuipers, the ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut, in few hours will start re-entry operations on board russian Soyuz TMA3. The astronauts should close the hatches isolating the spacecraft from the ISS around 17:39 GMT and undocked the Soyuz by 20:52 GMT. In the...

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Rome, Italy, 04/29/2004 16:44
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