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Flooding delays return of Soyuz spacecraft

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This NASA photo taken by an Astronaut onboard the Space Shuttle Discover shows the International Space Station as the space shuttle separates, March 25, 2009. Earlier the STS-119 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 9 days, 20 hours and 10 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station to install a solar array trust onto the station. Space Shuttle Discovery is preparing for its Saturday afternoon return to Earth. (UPI Photo/NASA) 
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Published: April 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM
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MOSCOW, April 3 (UPI) -- Flooding in Kazakhstan has delayed the return of a Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station, the Russian agency Roscomos said Friday.

The Soyuz TMA-13 is scheduled to land Wednesday, a day later than planned, and further northeast in Kazakhstan, where spring floods inundated the original landing site on the Kazakh steppes, RIA Novosti reported.

The spacecraft is carrying U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. space tourist Charles Simonyi,

A Russian Soyuz TMA-14 carrying Simonyi, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt docked with the space station on March 28. Padalka and Barratt are to remain on the station for six months.

Topics: Michael Fincke
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