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Soyuz capsule docks with ISSExpedition 17 runs on railsPublished Thursday 10th April 2008 15:23 GMT The Soyuz TMA-12 capsule of Expedition 17 to the ISS today docked successfully with the station at 08:57 EDT (12:57 GMT).
Space rookies Volkov, 35, and Kononenko, 43 are up for a longer stay, and will be relieved in autumn by two Expedition 18 crew members. They'll be joined part-way through their gig by astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who'll be aboard Discovery's STS-124 mission, slated for a 31 May lift-off. STS-124 (summary here (pdf)) will deliver the pressurised module of Japan's Kibo laboratory and its remote manipulator system, aka RMS, consisting of "two robotic arms that support operations outside of Kibo". ® 9 comments posted — Comment period finished Korean FoodPosted: 18:02 10th April 2008 KimchiPosted: 22:04 10th April 2008 After 50 years...Posted: 01:00 11th April 2008 @Charles ManningPosted: 02:57 11th April 2008 You don't seePosted: 07:22 11th April 2008
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