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Soyuz capsule reaches the orbit

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will now approach the ISS

The Soyuz TMA-04M was successfully launched yesterday May 15 2012. The rocket was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan and has begun its two-day flight which is going to bring two Russian and one American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle reached the orbit less than ten minutes after blastoff at 3:01 GMT. The capsule separated from...

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Rome, Italy, 05/16/2012 14:11
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