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A Russian  inquiry report has  revealed  that a faulty control cable  exposed the Expedition 15 crew and Malaysia's first space traveller to a rough  return journey  from the International Space Station (ISS) .
The Soyuz  capsule carrying Russians cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, and Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, of Malaysia,  re-entered the Earths atmosphere at  a steeper-than-usual trajectory;  this  deceleration subjected the crew to 8.5 G-forces instead of the usual 4G in the intended  ballistic descent.
The craft touched down on the Kazakh steppes at 10:39 GMT, Oct 21, 2007, after undocking from the ISS.


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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft safely returned to earth on Sunday ending the 15th long-term expedition aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The craft touched down on the Kazakh steppes at 10:39 GMT after undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) at 07:14 GMT
Russian cosmonauts, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov,  along with Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor are in good health.

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Soyuz TMA-10 docking

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A Soyuz-U Rocket Body that was launched from the Baikonour Cosmodrome on 7 April 2007, for the ISS Expedition 15 Mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 11th April 2007 @ 14:08 UTC ± 13 hours

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SL-4 R/B
1 31101U 07008B   07099.87403830  .02686558  12132-4  55640-3 0   110
2 31101 051.6451 096.5038 0020353 088.6759 271.6813 16.29595680 321
1 31101U 07008B 07099.44451547 .02182393 12077-4 53987-3 0 108
2 31101 051.6467 098.8954 0023240 088.7986 271.5698 16.27525714 252
1 31101U 07008B 07099.19884165 .01949936 12052-4 52599-3 0 98
2 31101 051.6481 100.2607 0024543 087.0711 273.3110 16.26493531 211
1 31101U 07008B 07099.07594907 .01604754 12038-4 45188-3 0 82
2 31101 051.6465 100.9374 0025166 087.3046 273.0955 16.25978939 197
1 31101U 07008B 07098.95302140 +.01710247 +12032-4 +49377-3 0 00100
2 31101 051.6484 101.6127 0026584 083.2924 277.1123 16.25588642000175


Location: 45° 38` 46 E, 13° 00` 00 N

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A Russian spacecraft carrying two crew and latest space tourist, billionaire Charles Simonyi, has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
After docking, it takes about two hours before the airlocks open and the crew float into the space station.
The Soyuz TM-10 craft lifted off from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan at 1731 GMT on Saturday.

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Expedition 15 successfully docked with the ISS at 20:12 GMT, 9th April 2007.

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Pigs in Space
Is there a more perfect symbol of the excesses of global capitalism than Charles Simonyi's 13-day joyride into outer space? Simonyi, a Hungarian-American software programmer who made his fortune at Xerox and Microsoft before launching his own start-up, paid $20 million to be escorted to the Kazakh steppes, packed into a Russian Soyuz rocket and blasted towards the international space station. En route, he'll enjoy a meal of roasted quail, duck breast confit with capers, shredded chicken parmentier and rice pudding with candied fruit -- all carefully selected by his girlfriend, Martha Stewart. (Martha, whatever happened to astronaut ice cream and Tang?) No word yet on the threadcount of his sheets or if there's 24-hour concierge service in orbit.
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A Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word blasted off along with two cosmonauts late Saturday from a Kazakh launch pad, beginning a journey to the international space station.

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