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New Soyuz TMA spacecraft cleared for next mission with ESA astronaut

5 June 2003

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Pedro Duque

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At 06:00 CET on 1 November 2002 the Soyuz TMA-1 docked with ISS without manual intervention. At 07:26 CET the Odissea Mission crew were welcomed on board by the ISS Expedition Five crew.

Credits: NASA

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The Expedition 6 crew returned using the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft

The crew of Expedition 6 to the International Space Station, US astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, returned to Earth on 4 May after spending 162 days on board.

Credits: NASA

A hard but safe landing