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[b]Soyuz TMA-21 docks at the space station[/b] The International Space Station welcomed three new crew members when they docked their spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-21, at 6:09 p.m. CDT on Wednesday (April 6). Flight Engineers Alexander Samokutyaev, Ron Garan and Andrey Borisenko began their journey when they launched Monday at 5:18 p.m. from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. At the time of docking the orbital complex was flying over the Andes Mountains in Chile. The new trio joins Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev and flight engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli who have been living aboard the orbital laboratory since Dec. 17. The Soyuz TMA-21 is now docked to the Poisk module. The new crewmates will be welcomed aboard for a crew greeting ceremony and a mandatory safety orientation. Garan, Samokutyaev and Borisenko are scheduled to live and work in space until September. They will become Expedition 28 crew members when Kondratyev, Coleman and Nespoli undock from the Rassvet module in May in their Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft. Borisenko will become station commander.
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