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Tourist launched aboard replacement station lifeboat BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION Posted: April 25, 2002
Liftoff from Yuri Gagarin's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakstan occurred on time at 2:27 a.m. EDT. Video from inside the spacecraft during ascent showed Shuttleworth and his crewmates smiling and waving at the cockpit camera as they rocketed away. Eight-and-a-half minutes after launch, the Soyuz spacecraft slipped into orbit and a few moments later, its main antennas and solar arrays deployed as planned. There were no problems of any significance. If all goes well, Gidzenko will guide the Soyuz spacecraft to a docking at an Earth-facing port on the space station's Zarya module around 4 a.m. Saturday. A detailed mission overview is available here.
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