Soyuz capsule docks with space station carrying new crew for outpost
Source: CBS/AP
CBS/AP/ May 29, 2013, 1:20 AM
Soyuz capsule docks with space station carrying new crew for outpost
MOSCOW A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where the new crew will spend six months conducting a variety of experiments.
The docking took place less than six hours after the Russian spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which Russia leases in Kazakhstan.
Live footage provided by NASA TV showed it soaring into the clear night sky. About four minutes later, the announcer said the Soyuz was traveling at 4,700 miles per hour.
The cramped capsule carrying NASA's Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Italy's Luca Parmitano orbited Earth four times before docking with the space station.
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