Fresh Endeavour Crew Moves Into Space Station
Two American astronauts and their Russian commander moved into the international space station, settling in for a half-year stay.
The three men arrived aboard space shuttle Endeavour the day before but did not have time to trade places with the space station crew that has been on board since August. The swap was completed Saturday afternoon.
Russian commander Yuri Onufrienko and astronauts Daniel Bursch and Carl Walz will stay on board until May.
The departing crew, Frank Culbertson, Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir Dezhurov, will return to Earth after 128 days in space.
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