Revamped Soyuz readied for launch

A revamped digital version of the venerable Russian Soyuz spacecraft has been winched into place at a launch pad for its second manned run to the International Space Station.

The Soyuz TMA-02M craft was slowly carried on a flatbed train shortly after daybreak today from a hangar to its launch pad in Baikonur, a Russian-leased facility deep inside the territory of Kazakhstan.