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Russia prepares FASTEST-EVER crewed trip to International Space Station (PHOTOS)
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which is set to deliver the crew of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in record time, has been placed on its launch pad.
Preparations for the lift-off, which is scheduled for next Wednesday, are underway at launch pad 31 at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket and the Soyuz MS-17 crew ship were transported out of the assembly hall on Sunday morning, Russian space agency Roscosmos reported.
