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September 25, 2013

American, two Russians take shortcut to space
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 25, 2013
An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time. Michael Hopkins of NASA and Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky of Russia took off without a hitch from the Baikonur space centre that Moscow leases from Central Asia's ex-Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. "Everything went according to plan. Everything went as expected," NASA's official flight commentator announced via a web feed after the ... read more

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