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The International Space Station's crew is set to double after a Russian capsule carrying three astronauts docked at the orbiting outpost.
The Soyuz TMA-15 capsule carrying the astronauts docked with the ISS at 1334 BST (0834 EDT).

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The Soyuz TMA-15 capsule has successfully docked  to International Space Station.
The hatches will be opened up shortly.

The new crew members are to spend a total of six months aboard the station, raising its crew complement to six for the first time.

-- Edited by Blobrana on Friday 29th of May 2009 12:47:06 PM

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Final Approach


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The International Space Station's crew is set to double when a Russian capsule carrying three astronauts arrives at the orbiting outpost.
The new crew members are to spend a total of six months aboard the station, raising its crew complement to six for the first time.
The Soyuz TMA-15 capsule carrying the astronauts is set to dock with the ISS at 1336 BST (0836 EDT).

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Watch the docking live with ESA.
The Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 14:36 CEST (12:34 UT) Friday 29 May, and ESA astronaut Frank de Winne will begin his six-month stay.

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TLE Data
SOYUZ-TMA 15 
1 35010U 09030A 09147.49454805 -.00003756 11876-4 00000+0 0 24
2 35010 050.5807 053.2901 0047119 078.2970 282.3492 16.21627984 18


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The International Space Station crew is awaiting the arrival of three new members that will usher in an era of six-person crews aboard the orbiting laboratory. Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Bob Thirsk launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday morning from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Soyuz is scheduled to dock with the station at 8:36 a.m. EDT Friday, May 29.

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