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New crew heads for Mir space station
A rocket lifted off from Baikonur at 7:24 a.m. EST carrying cosmonauts Yuri Onufrienko and Yuri Usachev to the Mir space station for a five month stay. Aboard labeled the two Yuris, the crew is joined by American Shannon Lucid who will join Mir aboard a US shuttle slated for March 21.
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Mir Space Station
Moscow
Mission Control
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan
Repub
Lic
Central Asia
Yuri Onufrienko
Yuri Usachev
Valery Lyndin
Shannon Lucid
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