A Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts -- two Russians, one American -- is set to lift off from Kazakhstan on Monday morning, ferrying the men to the International Space Station. The flight is also the beginning of a new chapter for NASA, which ended its space shuttle program in July and is now turning to foreign governments and commercial enterprises for space transportation. |
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