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Russian Soyuz Launches At 6:34 A.M. ET May 27 With Three Astronauts; They Will Initiate The First Six-Member Crew Serving On Space Station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will launch next week with three space travelers -- a Russian, a Japanese and a Canadian -- who will initiate the first six-person crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). That Soyuz will rise from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in an afternoon liftoff at 4:34 p.m. (6:34 a.m. ET Wednesday, May 27), and head to the $100 billion space station that was built mostly with U.S. funding. NASA TV will cover the launch live. Those…

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