The Soyuz spacecraft carrying three new members of Expedition 31 hooked up with the International Space Station this morning without a hitch at 4.36am GMT. Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days ago. After safely berthing …

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Thursday 17th May 2012 09:53 GMT wibble001

Good luck SpaceX / NASA

Really hope they manage to pull this docking off.

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Thursday 17th May 2012 10:03 GMT Miek

"We're sorry we missed you. We attempted to deliver a package to you today, but, it appears no-one was available to take the delivery. Please fill out the form below in order to reschedule the delivery, or, if you wish to collect your item(s) from your local collection centre, please bring along this form and some identification."

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1. Thursday 17th May 2012 13:00 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  "Your nearest collection center is: Proxima Centauri"
  
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Friday 18th May 2012 03:30 GMT Kharkov

Missed Delivery?

Proxima Centauri? That's a long way. Still, could be worse.

It could have been "We have placed the package in Uranus".

Please remove carefully...

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Friday 18th May 2012 04:48 GMT Anonymous Coward

Launch yourself out of a job?

Surprised the Russians let the NASA guy on board Soyuz this time: their best chance of keeping Soyuz alive is to hinder Dragon.

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1. Friday 18th May 2012 20:08 GMT mhenriday
  
  I suggest that those behind the SpaceX effort
  
  would be more than delighted to have the track record achieved by the Soyuz capsules. But mean-spirited people will not be denied. How fortunate that they are able to post anonymously !...
  
  Henri
  
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