Soyuz rocket carries Russian, Malaysian, American woman to international space station

Thursday, October 11, 2007

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian spacecraft soared from the Kazakh steppe toward the international space station Wednesday, carrying a Malaysian, a Russian, and Peggy Whitson, the American who will become the first woman to command the orbital outpost.

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