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Soyuz Spacecraft Launches From Baikonur To Take Expedition 13 Crew To Space Station

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Monday, October 13th, 2008

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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome yesterday to take a new crew to the International Space Station for a half-year stay in orbit. That crew includes Expedition 18 Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke, a U.S. astronaut and Air Force colonel, and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov, a Russian cosmonaut and colonel in the Russian Air Force. Also flying on the Soyuz will be a space tourist. Spaceflight participant Richard Garriott is flying under contract with the Russian Federal…

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