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Soyuz crew to blast off and mark 60 years of spaceflight.

A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station today in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space

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Russian Orthodox Priest Father Sergei blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan

The history of space exploration.

#AFPgraphics on the history of space exploration, ahead of the 60th anniversary since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, on April 12, 1961

A moon station. A mission to Venus. A next generation spacecraft.

60 years after the Soviet Union made history by sending Yuri Gagarin into space, Russia continues to have lofty ambitions, but its ability to realise them is more down to earth

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#BREAKING Three-man Soyuz flight honouring Gagarin blasts off for ISS: NASA TV

#UPDATE A three-man crew blasted off to the International Space Station Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space
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#BREAKING Three-man crew docks at ISS after flight honouring Gagarin: NASA TV

#UPDATE A three-man crew docked at the international Space Station Friday after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space
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