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Space Station: new members of Expedition 39 arrived abord the ISS (VIDEO)

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Docking performed at 12:53 am GMT/UTC

A new trio of Expedition 39 flight engineers has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day, 34-orbit trip. Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, flanked by Flight Engineers Steve Swanson and Oleg Artemyev, was at the controls of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft when it docked automatically to the Poisk docking compartment at 12:53 am GMT/UTC. The crew opened the hatches to the station...

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Rome, Italy, 03/28/2014 11:17
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