Expedition 17 Docks to International Space Station

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The crew members of Expeditions 16 and 17 participate in an interview aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TV
The crew members of Expeditions 16 and 17 participate in an interview aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TV

Commander Sergei Alexandrovich Volkov and cosmonaut Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko of the 17th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-12 with the orbiting laboratory's Pirs Docking Compartment at 8:57 a.m. EDT Thursday, marking the beginning of their six-month stay aboard.


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