Crew of Russia's Soyuz Rocket Enters Int'l Space Station After Docking

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The three-person crew aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft has entered the International Space Station (ISS) after docking, the Russian Mission Control Center said Friday.

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying the crew of Shane Kimbrough of the U.S., Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Russia blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2016. - Sputnik International
Russia's Soyuz MS-02 Spacecraft Docks With ISS Module Two Days After Launch
KOROLEV (Sputnik) — Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko, along with US Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, took off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and docked with the Poisk module earlier on Friday.

"The hatches have been opened, the cosmonauts got on board the ISS," a mission control official told RIA Novosti.

Other remaining launches in 2016 include the Soyuz MS-03 manned spacecraft launch on November 16 and the Progress MS-04 space freighter launch on December 1.
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