Russian-US crew, tourist dock at space station
Posted on: Monday, 3 October 2005, 01:04 CDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian-U.S. two-man crew and the world's third space tourist safely reached the International Space Station, Moscow mission control said on Monday, two days after they blasted off from the Central Asian steppe.
On board the Russian Soyuz spacecraft were U.S. Commander William McArthur, Russian Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, and American scientist and entrepreneur Gregory Olsen.
"The docking has taken place ... Now they will start preparing to open the airlocks between the Soyuz and the station," said a spokeswoman.
Olsen is due to return to Earth with the outgoing two-man crew next week, while McArthur and Tokarev are at the start of a six-month stay in orbit.
Source: REUTERS
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