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Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship to be prepared for launch

2008-10-11 03:18:42 GMT2008-10-11 11:18:42 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

A Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on the Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

A policeman leads the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft to its launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.

The Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship is being prepared for launch, to carry a new crew to the international space station in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Preparations for launching the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship that will carry a new crew to the international space station are under way in an assembly shop at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on Sunday, October 12.(Xinhua Photo)

A Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on the Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.

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