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Crew members aboard the ISS will increase

Moscow, Russia - 40 scientific experiments in the orbit expected

Three new members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew are expected to take off from the Baikonur Space Center today, 21 December 2011, scheduled for 5:16pm (Moscow time) on the Soyuz-FG carrier with a piloted Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft; once reached, the spacestation's crew will boost to six. The ISS crew rotation schedule was disrupted after a "Progress" cargo ship fell last August 24....

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136515
Rome, Italy, 12/21/2011 16:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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