Russia spacecraft docks at ISS

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-11-2008 08:59

Russian spacecraft carrying South Korea's first astronaut has docked at the International Space Station.

Russian spacecraft carrying South Korea's first astronaut has docked at the International Space Station. (CCTV.com)

The spacecraft carrying woman bioengineer Yi So-yeon and two Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko hooked up with the orbiting station.

The flight is a milestone for mission commander Volkov, who has become the first second-generation cosmonaut to reach space.

The Russians are scheduled to spend six months at the ISS as part of the orbiting station's crew.

Yi will return to Earth next Saturday along with two of the station's other current occupants.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei