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Russian spacecraft blasts off for space station
Updated: 2011-06-08 08:53
(Agencies)
Crew members Japanese astronaut flight engineer Satoshi Furukawa (R), Russian cosmonaut Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov (C) and US astronaut Mike Fossum (L) walk to report to the Russian Space officials before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft at Baikonur cosmodrome June 7, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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