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Soyuz launches from Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott, launches, on October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14. (UPI Photo/NASA/Bill Ingalls)


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telegraph.co.uk at 12 Oct 2008 05:35 am
Richard Garriott follows his astronaut father aboard a Russian rocket.
nytimes.com at 12 Oct 2008 03:57 am
U.S. business tycoon Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket.
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