[FPSPACE] FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY HEAD APPROVES CREW OF 10TH ISS EXPEDITION

[Zeger Nuyens]

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> FEDERAL SPACE AGENCY HEAD APPROVES CREW OF 10TH ISS EXPEDITION
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> MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - On Saturday the head of the Russian 
> Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, has approved the prime and 
> backup crews of the 10th main expedition to the International Space 
> Station (ISS) and the crew of the 7th visiting expedition.
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> The crew comprises Salizhan Sharipov (Russia), Soyuz TMA commander and 
> ISS flight engineer, and Leroy Chiao (U.S.), ISS commander and 1st 
> Soyuz TMA flight engineer.
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> The crew of the 7th visiting expedition includes Russian Yuri Shargin, 
> 2nd flight engineer. Valery Tokarev (Russia), Soyuz TMA commander and 
> ISS flight engineer, and William McArthur (U.S.), ISS commander and 
> 1st Soyuz TMA flight engineer, were appointed backups.
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> The cosmonauts and astronauts will keep training in the Cosmonaut 
> Training Center and the Baikonur cosmodrome until the launch of the 
> spacecraft.
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Zeger Nuyens
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