Fast track to the space station
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As a crew member aboard Soyuz TMA-08M, astronaut Chris Cassidy will take the fast track to the International Space Station (ISS), launching on the same day that he, Pavel Vinogradov and Aleksandr Misurkin arrive at the orbiting outpost. The expedited rendezvous will be achieved by compressing the crew’s timeline, which Cassidy told collectSPACE.com on Friday results in a “long work day.” Otherwise, he will only miss spending a night in the Soyuz, which he might make up for later. “I can maybe do that sometime during the six months [on the space station]. I’ll go have a little campout, bring myself some marshmallows and hang out inside the Soyuz and sleep for a night,” Cassidy said from Star City.
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2013-03-08 18:49:39
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