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International Space Station: new crew members announced

Houston, USA - NASA's Scott Kelly to be the commander of Expedition 45

NASA and its international partners have appointed three International Space Station crew members to round out future expeditions to the orbiting laboratory. NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko are scheduled to launch in June 2015. They will join three Expedition 44 crew members...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1153855
Rome, Italy, 07/11/2013 11:07
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