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Expedition 19 to the ISS took off from Kazakhstan

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - A spaceflight participant departed together with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew

Took off today at 12:49 pm CET from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the Soyuz TMA-14 spaceship carrying the Expedition 19 crew, commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineer Michael Barratt. They will dock to the ISS on Saturday, reaching Japanese Koichi Wakata (who arrived on the Station with the Discovery shuttle that is now coming back to Earth - see AVIONEWS). Their Expedition 18 colleagues Michael...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1101923
Rome, Italy, 03/26/2009 16:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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