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NASA pull out stops for safe spacecraft landing

Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on the space station finished packing tonight and crammed into a tiny Soyuz capsule to return to Earth.

Sat, 03 May, 2003

Astronauts arrive to relieve space station crew

AN American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut boarded a space station 250 miles above earth yesterday, relieving a three-man crew forced to stay an extra two months in space as a result of the US Columbia tragedy.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2003

Russian space capsule transfers new crew to ISS

Russia’s Soyuz TMA-2 space capsule today successfully docked with the international space station and transferred US astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2003

Space station crew told of Columbia disaster

The three crew members at the International Space Station were today said to be grieving after they were told about the Columbia disaster by a Nasa official.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2003