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| | RTD Info 20 - Science and the News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Three astronauts, the German Ulf Merbold, the Russian "veteran", Alexandre Ritorenko, and his fellow Russian, Helena Kondakowa, boarded the Soyuz spacecraft to join the orbiting space station, Mir. |
 | | On German television, attention was naturally enough focused on Ulf Merbold. |
 | | He appeared on the TV screens on a number of occasions - at the pre-launch press conference, and for interviews during the flight. |
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