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Soyuz TMA-17M launches three-man crew for space station [i]A veteran cosmonaut and two first-time astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Wednesday (July 22), two months later than had originally been planned. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui lifted off at 5:02 p.m. EDT (2102 GMT; 3:02 a.m. local time) onboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Following a four-orbit rendezvous plan, the trio were set to arrive at the space station six hours later at about 10:46 p.m. EDT (0246 GMT) for a docking with the Rassvet mini research module. Once on board the outpost, Kononenko, Lindgren and Yui will join the ISS Expedition 44 crew of Gennady Padalka, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko for a planned five month stay.[/i]
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