New crew joins ISS after record express voyage (Update)


MOSCOW: A new Russian-American crew arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) Friday after an express trip from Earth of under six hours, the fastest ever manned journey to the orbiting laboratory.

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts opened the hatches of their Soyuz-TMA spaceship and floated into the ISS to a warm welcome from the three incumbent crew, live pictures broadcast on Russian television showed.

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