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| | Boston.com / News / Science / Russia, NASA OK space station's next crew |
 | | The station has been limited to two full-time residents since last year's suspension of the U.S. space shuttle program in the wake of the Columbia disaster, which left the Soyuz as the only vehicle to take astronauts to and from the station. |
 | | Also Tuesday, Yuri Semyonov, head of the RKK Energia company, which builds the Soyuz, said his company planned to send a new manned space shuttle to the international space station between 2010 and 2012, depending on funding. |
 | | Semyonov also said Russia sought foreign partners, "Europe or some country," to speed up its work on the Kliper shuttle that will be capable of carrying six crew members and 1,100 pounds of cargo, Interfax reported. |
| www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2004/11/30/russia_nasa_ok_space_stations_next_crew (334 words) |
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