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RE: Expedition 33

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Expedition 33 Coming Home

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Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, all of whom have been onboard the International Space Station since July 17, will make a parachute-assisted landing in their Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Nov. 19 local time. Remaining onboard ISS to begin Expedition 34 will be NASA astronaut Kevin Ford -- who takes over as Commander, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin.

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Soyuz TMA-06M

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RE: Expedition 33

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New Trio Launches

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Three new crew members are on their way to join their Expedition 33 crewmates onboard the International Space Station. They launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft at 10:51 UT (5:51 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

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Soyuz Rocket Rolls Out

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The Soyuz rocket and capsule that'll send NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and his two Russian crewmates to the International Space Station is rolled out to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled for October 23, 2012.

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The Expedition 33/34 Soyuz Spacecraft Meets Its Booster Rocket

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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft was mated to its booster rocket on Oct. 20. The Soyuz will launch Expedition 33/34 Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin on Oct. 23, with docking to the International Space Station on Oct. 25. The trio will spend five months on the laboratory, joining station Commander Sunita Williams, Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Russian Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko, who have been in orbit since mid-July.

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Soyuz Crew Readies for Launch

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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and his two Russian crew members participate in final activities before their scheduled Oct. 23 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on Expedition 33/34.