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[i]"In case the endorsed schedule is observed and the MLM gets into operation in December 2017, the curtailment will affect only one Russian crew," the source said. "Otherwise the practice of curtailment will continue until the commissioning of the module." ...as part of the crew cuttailment plan, Roscomos may swap the crews due to go into space in March and in May. In March 2017, the Soyuz MS-04 ship is due to take to the ISS the cosmonaus Alexander Misurkin and Nikolai Tikhonov and NASA astronaut Mark Thomas Vande Hei, while the cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, NASA astronaut Jack David Fischer and the European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli of Italy are supposed to head for the ISS in May. The source told TASS Vande Hei is professional upgrading to Level 1 from 2 Flight Engineer. Should the third place on the Soyuz become vacant, the procedure for replacement of the crews may change and a young Russian cosmonaut may go into space with a visiting crew for a period of several days.[/i]
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