Space team docks safely

A US-RUSSIAN space team sent their Easter greetings down to Earth yesterday after their Soyuz spacecraft docked flawlessly at the International Space Station.

“Happy Easter to you all,” Souyz captain Russian Alexander Skvortsov said in a broadcast from the station shortly after the ship hooked up with the orbiting station using an automatic docking system.

Within three days, a seven-person crew aboard the Shuttle Discovery will dock at the station for a 13-day mission. During this period, four women will be in space at the same time, which is a first in history.