Russian rocket docks at space station
1 of 4. The International Space Station is seen in this navigational display from onboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft as it approaches for docking in this image from NASA TV May 29, 2009.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a spokesman for Russian mission control said.
"The docking was achieved automatically and without any problems," spokesman Valery Lyndin said. "Everything went very smoothly, it went very well."
The Soyuz rocket is carrying Belgian Frank de Winne, Canadian Robert Thirsk and Russian Roman Romanenko, who will double the permanent crew of the space station to six for the first time.
They join Russian Gennady Padalka, U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan's Koichi Wakata.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Oleg Shchedrov)
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