Russian, American Headed for Year in Space

A U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut are headed for a year in outer space, the longest stay ever at the International Space Station. The two men and a second cosmonaut were aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that blasted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia's space launch facility. The rocket launched in the very early morning local time and was expected to dock at the space station 6 hours later. NASA will televise the docking at 8:45 Eastern Standard...

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