Oct. 14, 2008 - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three space travelers including Austin amateur radio operator/game developer Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, successfully docked with the international space station early today.
The linkup also delivered NASA astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov, who will take over as the Expedition 18 commander and flight engineer for the next six months. Fincke, 41, is making his second long-duration flight on the station. He is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds master's degrees from Stanford University and the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
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