Russia is delaying the return to Earth of three space station crew members by about a month in the wake of the April 18 failure of a Russian Progress supply ship. Launch of three fresh crew members also will be delayed, from May 26 to late July.
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A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station apparently spun out of control shortly after reaching orbit Tuesday, putting the resupply mission in jeopardy. Read More...

A workhorse Soyuz booster thundered to life and climbed into a dark Kazakh sky Friday, carrying NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko on a four-orbit voyage to the International Space Station to kick off a marathon 342-day mission, the longest flight ever attempted by an American.
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Shuttle veteran Scott Kelly first heard about NASA's plans to send an astronaut to the International Space Station for nearly a full year shortly after he completed his third space flight in 2011, a 159-day stay aboard the orbital lab complex.
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Three space station fliers -- the outgoing NASA commander and two Russian cosmonauts -- undocked and returned to Earth Wednesday, ending a 167-day stay in space with a nail-biting communications blackout that left the crew out of contact with Russian flight controllers during much of the trip home.
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NASA hopes to begin launching U.S. and partner astronauts to the space station aboard Boeing and SpaceX ferry craft in the 2017 timeframe, but agency managers expect to continue sending crew members up aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
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Braving near-zero temperatures, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three vaulted into orbit Sunday and docked with the International Space Station six hours later. (UPDATED) Read More...

A veteran cosmonaut, a German volcanologist and a Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut whose mastery of social media earned him -- and NASA -- a global following, undocked from the International Space Station and returned to Earth Sunday after 165 days aloft.
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Nine hours after a spectacular launch failure that destroyed a U.S. supply ship bound for the International Space Station, a Russian Progress cargo ship blasted off from Kazakhstan and successfully docked with the lab complex six hours later Read More...

Two cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station Wednesday, jettisoning three no-longer-needed components and carrying out a photo survey of the Russian segment of the lab complex in the year's seventh and final ISS spacewalk. Read More...

A Soyuz ferry craft carrying a crew of three docked with the International Space Station late Thursday. While one of the Soyuz capsule's two solar arrays did not deploy after launch, the crew had no problems completing a four-orbit rendezvous. Read More...

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut strapped into a Soyuz ferry craft, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Wednesday, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 169-day mission.
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Space station cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev began a planned six-hour and 15-minute spacewalk Monday, launching a small Peruvian science satellite before pressing ahead with experiment swap outs and maintenance. Read More...

A Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.8 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and docked with the International Space Station after a problem-free rendezvous. Read More...

Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-38 (antenna installation; experiment relocation) Read More...

United Launch Alliance, criticized by competitor SpaceX for high costs and use of Russian rocket engines, ratcheted up its counter offensive Wednesday, detailing a new initiative to explore U.S. engine replacement options and unveiling new ads to counter 'misinformation.' (UPDATED) Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-man crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and docked with the International Space Station after a four-orbit rendezvous to boost the lab's crew back to six. (UPDATED) Read More...

A veteran Russian cosmonaut, a U.S. Navy test pilot-turned-astronaut and a German volcanologist are set for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station Wednesday to boost the lab's crew back to six and kick off a busy summer of research and multiple EVAs. Read More...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket roared to life and climbed away through a cloudless sky Thursday, kicking off a classified mission to boost a National Reconnaissance Office satellite into orbit.
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A Japanese astronaut, a veteran Russian cosmonaut and a NASA flight engineer strapped into a Soyuz ferry craft, undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth Tuesday to close out a 188-day stay in orbit. Read More...

Russian-built RD-180 engines that power the first stage of United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket will no longer be sold for use in U.S. military missions, Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's deputy prime minister for space and defense, said Tuesday.
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A federal judge Thursday lifted an injunction barring United Launch Alliance from buying Russian engines for the company's Atlas 5 rocket, concluding such transactions do not violate U.S. sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia's actions in Ukraine.
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A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station blasted off and streaked into space Wednesday, docking with the International Space Station six hours later. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut glided to a smooth linkup with the International Space Station Thursday, two days after a technical snag blocked a fast-track rendezvous and docking shortly after launch Tuesday.
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After a glitch interrupted a planned four-orbit rendezvous with the International Space Station Tuesday, the Soyuz TMA-12M crew pressed ahead Wednesday with a two-day rendezvous. Read More...

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut rocketed smoothly into space aboard a Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday, but the crew ran into problems executing a required rendezvous rocket firing, delaying docking with the International Space Station until Thursday at the earliest.
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Despite strained relations over Russian actions in Ukraine, superpower cooperation in space continued unabated Monday with two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut departing the International Space Station for a fiery plunge back to Earth late Monday. (UPDATED) Read More...

An unmanned Progress supply ship loaded with 2.8 tons of equipment and supplies rocketed into orbit Wednesday, chased down the International Space Station and glided to a smooth automated docking after a four-orbit rendezvous.
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Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy re-installed two commercial cameras on the hull of the International Space Station Monday. Despite apparent signs of trouble with one camera, officials with Vancouver-based UrtheCast called the work a success. Read More...

Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-37A (UrtheCast camera installation; 2nd attempt) Read More...

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Space station commander Oleg Kotov took over manual control of an approaching Progress supply ship Friday after an undisclosed problem and deftly guided the craft in for a smooth docking at the International Space Station's aft port. Read More...

Three station fliers strapped into their Soyuz TMA-09M ferry craft and plunged back to Earth Sunday, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted landing on the frigid steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a 166-day stay in space. Read More...

A Soyuz rocket carrying a crew of three and an Olympic torch heralding the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, streaked into orbit Wednesday and docked with the International Space Station early Thursday. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, climbed into orbit and docked with the International Space Station after a six-hour rendezvous. Read More...

Closing out a 166-day stay in orbit, two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut rode a Russian Soyuz spacecraft back to Earth Tuesday, settling to a jarring rocket-assisted touchdown on the steppe of Kazakhstan.
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Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin staged a five-hour 58-minute spacewalk Thursday to mount a camera aiming platform on the space station and to tighten loose antenna covers. Read More...

The dramatic failure of a heavy-lift Russian Proton rocket seconds after launch July 2 may have been caused by incorrectly installed guidance sensors in the booster's first stage, Russian officials say. Read More...

The Russian prime minister ordered an investigation into the failure of a Proton rocket that veered wildly out of control seconds after liftoff and crashed back to Earth, destroying three navigation satellites. Read More...

Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin staged a successful six-hour 34-minute spacewalk Monday, making preparations for installation of a new Russian laboratory module later this year. Read More...

A Soyuz rocket blasted off Tuesday and thundered into orbit carrying a veteran cosmonaut, a NASA shuttle veteran and a rookie Italian test pilot on a fast-track flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Engineers prepped a Soyuz spacecraft for launch Tuesday to ferry three crew members -- a veteran Russian cosmonaut, an Italian test pilot and an American shuttle veteran -- to the International Space Station. Read More...

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying three outgoing space station crew members undocked Monday, on track for landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 146-day mission. Read More...

A Russian cargo ship hobbled by a jammed navigation antenna glided into its port on the International Space Station early Friday, completing a dramatic automated rendezvous. Read More...

Russian flight controllers are troubleshooting a problem with a navigation antenna on an unmanned Progress supply ship launched Wednesday on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko staged a six-hour 38-minute spacewalk Friday, accomplishing their primary objectives but dropping an experiment panel overboard. Read More...

Running a day late, three space station crewmen strapped into their Soyuz ferry craft and dropped out of orbit Friday, plunging to a touchdown on the fog-shrouded Kazakh steppe to close out a 144-day mission.
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Dismal weather in Kazakhstan forced Russian flight controllers to order a one-day landing delay for two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut who are closing out a nearly five-month stay in space. Read More...

A Russian supply ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off Monday and flew a fast-track trajectory to docking with the International Space Station just six hours later. (UPDATED)
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft glided to a smooth holiday docking with the International Space Station Friday, bringing three fresh crew members to the lab complex after a two-day orbital chase.
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Braving arctic temperatures, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft roared to life and streaked smoothly into orbit Wednesday, carrying a veteran three-man crew on a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Looking forward to Christmas in orbit, a Russian cosmonaut, a Canadian shuttle veteran and a NASA physician-astronaut made final preparations for blastoff Wednesday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Read More...

Three space station fliers strapped into their Soyuz ferry craft, undocked and plunged back to Earth Sunday, making a fiery descent to a frigid pre-dawn landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 127-day stay in space. Read More...

Amid spacewalk preparations, the Russians launched a Progress supply ship, monitored its automated docking with the space station and then adjusted the lab's orbit to avoid a piece of space debris. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Thursday, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

Two rookie cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran rocketed into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft Tuesday and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

Facing a particularly intense first week in space, two cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran geared up for launch early Tuesday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft bound for flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Trouble with a control panel aboard the Russian Zvezda command module prevented the planned undocking of an unmanned European cargo ship from the International Space Station Tuesday. Read More...

Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA flight engineer undocked from the International Space Station and fell back to Earth Sunday, making a pinpoint landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 125-day voyage. Read More...

Realtime coverage of Russian EVA-31. Read More...

A Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with three tons of fuel, hardware and supplies, glided to an automated docking with the International Space Station Wednesday evening after an abbreviated four-orbit rendezvous.
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An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship successfully re-docked with the International Space Station Saturday after an aborted approach last week during tests of a new rendezvous antenna.
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An attempt to re-dock a Russian Progress supply ship with the International Space Station was aborted by the ship's flight computer Monday night when a new rendezvous system failed to operate as expected. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz ferry craft glided to an automated docking with the International Space Station early Tuesday, bringing three fresh crew members to the lab complex two days after launch from Kazakhstan.
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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian commander, a NASA flight engineer and a Japanese astronaut -- all veteran space travelers -- blasted off late Saturday (U.S. time) and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

Engineers are making final preparations for launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft early Sunday to ferry an all-veteran U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew to the International Space Station. Read More...

Three station fliers strapped into a Soyuz ferry craft and plunged back to Earth early Sunday, landing in Kazakhstan to close out a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
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A Russian Soyuz ferry craft glided to a smooth linkup with the International Space Station early Thursday, bringing three fresh crew members to the orbital lab complex. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying one of the world's most experienced space fliers, a rookie cosmonaut and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from Kazakhstan to kick off a two-day flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

Closing out a five-and-a-half-month stay in space, a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts undocked from the International Space Station early Friday, setting the stage for a fiery ride back to Earth.
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An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday, rocketing smoothly into orbit and setting off after the International Space Station. Read More...

The six-man crew of the International Space Station split up and briefly took shelter inside two three-seat Russian Soyuz re-entry vehicles early Saturday as a piece of space junk whizzed harmlessly past the lab complex.
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Two Russian spacewalkers moved a telescoping crane from one space station module to another Thursday, but the work proved more difficult than expected and other tasks had to be deferred. Read More...

Upcoming Russian Soyuz flights to the International Space Station will be delayed in the wake of a test mishap that over pressurized and damaged the next spacecraft in the launch sequence. Read More...

After a two-day orbital chase, an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment carried out a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Friday evening. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

A Russian Mars probe, stranded in low-Earth orbit after a malfunction following launch in November, reportedly fell back into the atmosphere Sunday, apparently breaking up over the southern Pacific Ocean west of Chile. Read More...

Amid word of yet another Russian space failure -- the fifth this year -- a Russian Soyuz ferry craft glided to a problem-free docking with the International Space Station Friday, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

In bitterly cold weather, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man all-veteran crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Read More...

A Soyuz spacecraft is poised for launch Wednesday to ferry three fresh crew members to the International Space Station, boosting the lab's staff back to six. Read More...

A costly Russian Mars probe, stranded in low-Earth orbit after a malfunction following launch Nov. 8, is expected to fall back into Earth's atmosphere next month, Russian officials confirmed Friday. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft plunged back into the atmosphere Monday evening, carrying three space station crew members to a snowy pre-dawn landing in Kazakhstan to close out a five-and-a-half-month stay in space. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft glided to a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station early Wednesday, closing out a problem-free two-day rendezvous and boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off in blizzard-like conditions late Sunday U.S. time, kicking off a delayed flight to the International Space Station. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment completed a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station Wednesday Read More...

Two months after a rare Russian launch failure, an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station rocketed smoothly into orbit Sunday Read More...

What appeared to be a communications problem that left Russian flight controllers in the dark about the status of a Soyuz capsule descending to Earth Sept. 16 was, in fact, no problem at all, a crew member said Thursday. Read More...

Three space station crew members returned to Earth aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-21 crew ferry craft late Thursday, leaving three crewmates behind to await the delayed arrival of replacements. Read More...

A space station astronaut said Tuesday the Russians may be able to launch a manned Soyuz spacecraft to the lab complex by early November if an ongoing failure investigation goes well. Read More...

Russian managers have decided to briefly postpone the planned re-entry of a Soyuz ferry craft carrying three space station crew members amid work to pinpoint the cause of a Progress launch failure Aug. 24. Read More...

Upcoming manned flights to and from the International Space Station are facing delays because of the Aug. 24 failure of an unmanned Soyuz carrying a Progress supply capsule, a senior NASA manager said Monday. Read More...

Russian engineers are assessing telemetry to determine the cause of an upper stage malfunction that triggered the loss of an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies bound for the space station. Read More...

Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev launched a small amateur radio satellite during a six-hour 23-minute spacewalk Wednesday, but relocation of a large cargo crane had to be postponed. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship glided to a smooth automated docking with the the International Space Station Thursday, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

A Russian Progress cargo ship loaded with three tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday. Docking is expected Thursday. Read More...

Monitoring a weak thruster, commander Sergei Volkov guided a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to a smooth automated docking with the International Space Station at 5:18 p.m. EDT (GMT-4) Thursday. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a veteran cosmonaut, a Japanese physician-astronaut and a NASA shuttle veteran blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, bound for the International Space Station. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three returning space station crew members landed in Kazakhstan Monday to wrap up a 159-day stay in space. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three fresh crew members completed a smooth, automated rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing three fresh crew members to the lab complex. Read More...

A Russian Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday carrying two rookie cosmonauts and a NASA shuttle veteran to the International Space Station. Read More...

Outgoing space station commander Scott Kelly, Soyuz TMA-01M commander Alexander Kaleri and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka undocked and returned to Earth early Wednesday, closing out a 159-day mission. Read More...

Russian mission managers rejected a NASA proposal for a Soyuz fly-around of the International Space Station to capture unprecedented views of the lab complex with the shuttle Discovery and a variety of other vehicles attached. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship loaded with 6,000 pounds of equipment and supplies docked with the International Space Station Saturday, two days after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the International Space Station Tuesday and expressed his sympathy to commander Scott Kelly over the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wife of Kelly's twin brother Mark. Read More...

The Russian Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, carrying Dmitry Kondratyev, Italian flight engineer Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, docked with the International Space Station Friday, boosting the lab's full-time crew back to six (UPDATED at 6:55 p.m. EST with hatch opening). Read More...

A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday (U.S. time) carrying three crew members bound for the International Space Station. Docking is expected Friday. Read More...

Realtime coverage of the Soyuz TMA-19 entry and landing in Kazakhstan (UPATED at 11:50 PM EST with landing). Read More...

Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri took over manual control to guide an unmanned Progress supply ship to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Saturday after an automated approach was called off. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday and set off after the International Space Station. Docking is expected Saturday. Read More...

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a veteran shuttle commander docked with the International Space Station Saturday evening after a two-day orbital chase, boosting the lab's crew back to six. Read More...

Realtime coverage of the Soyuz TMA-01M launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (Updated at 7:35 p.m. EDT with Soyuz launch). Read More...

The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft was moved to the launch pad for for liftoff Thursday evening (U.S. time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (posting countdown and launch-to-docking timeline). Read More...

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An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying two-and-a-half tons of supplies and equipment docked with the International Space Station early Sunday after a smooth automated rendezvous. Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and equipment was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Friday. Docking with the International Space Station is expected early Sunday. Read More...

Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Fyodor Yurchikhin are gearing up for a planned six-hour spacewalk overnight Monday. Read More...

An unmanned Russian supply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station Sunday, two days after an interference issue with a television transmitter in a backup docking system triggered an unexpected abort Friday. Read More...

Russian engineers believe electrical interference caused an approaching unmanned Progress supply ship to abort its approach to the International Space Station Friday Read More...

The automated approach of an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship to the International Space Station was aborted today when telemetry between the spacecraft and the Russian command module was lost. (UPDATED) Read More...

An unmanned Russian Progress supply ship was successfully launched Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Read More...

Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, flight engineer Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock strapped into the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft that carried them into orbit earlier this month, undocked from the Zvezda command module's aft port and redocked at the new Russian Rassvet module.
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Completing a two-day orbital rendezvous, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a veteran cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts docked with the International Space Station's aft port Thursday, boosting the lab's crew back to six.
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Lighting up the pre-dawn Kazakhstan sky, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts roared to life and vaulted into orbit Tuesday, kicking off a two-day flight to the International Space Station.
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The Soyuz TMA-17 crew capsule, carrying outgoing space station commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, settled to a safe parachute-and-rocket-assisted landing in Kazakhstan Tuesday after a descent from the International Space Station.
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft, carrying outgoing Expedition 23 commander Oleg Kotov, Timothy Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday evening, setting the stage for landing in Kazakhstan to close out a five-and-a-half-month mission.
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