Space Capsule Carrying New Crew, Space Tourist Docks at Station

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KOROLYOV, Russia -- The space capsule carrying a new U.S.- Russian crew and the first paying female space tourist docked smoothly Wednesday at the international space station.

Officials at Russia's Mission Control applauded as the ship carrying Iranian-born American telecommunications entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria hooked up with the orbiting station in a trouble-free automatic docking following a two-day journey.

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Space Capsule Carrying New Crew, Space Tourist Docks at Station

"Somehow our Russian friends and partners are able to make these operations look routine, but those of us in the space business know that these m...

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