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ISS: 9th expedition started this morning with the launch of Soyuz TMA-4

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Re-entry of the 8th mission is foreseen on 29th of April

The Russian Spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4 lift off at 3:19 (Greenwich Mean Time) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft will bring the Russian cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka, the American astronaut, Michael Fincke and the Dutch, Andre Kuiper, working for the European Space Agency (ESA) to the International Space Station orbiting at 354 kilometres around the Earth. While Crew Commander, Padalka and the Flight...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61903
Rome, Italy, 04/19/2004 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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