New `Mir' crew includes official

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Russia yesterday launched a crew of three to the 12-year-old Mir space station, including a former adviser…

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Russia yesterday launched a crew of three to the 12-year-old Mir space station, including a former adviser to President Yeltsin, a space official said. A Proton rocket carrying a cramped Soyuz capsule lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and was expected to dock tomorrow with the orbiting Mir.

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