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Mission Reports
Chinese mapping satellite launches on Long March 4B rocket
Mission Reports
Next three-man Soyuz crew training to have space station to themselves
The next three-man crew to launch on a Soyuz rocket — comprising two Russian cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut — is training to have the International Space Station to themselves after their arrival at the orbiting research outpost in April, at least until new U.S. commercial crew ships enter service.
