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Added on: 13:50:41 27th May 2009

Soyuz Blasts Off To Expand ISS Crew To SixThe Russian Soyuz Rocket shook the ground Wednesday and left a fiery tail in the sky as it left to rendezvous with the International Space Station in a mission that has been long-awaited, to increase the space lab's crew from three to six full-time crew members.The Soyuz TMA-15 Spacecraft, which lifted off at 6:34AM EDT, holds commander Roman Romaneknko, Frank De Winne, and Robert Thirsk. The take off went according to plan, several minutes after the takeoff the spacecraft reach its orbit and had deployed its solar panels and antennas in order to achieve external power and communications.

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