NASA astronaut Scott Kelly – the station's Expedition 26 mission commander – and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka are due to undock their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the space station late tomorrow night and land on the steppes of Kazakhstan in Central Asia early Wednesday, March 16, 2011. The Soyuz TMA-01M is the first Russian digital systems operational spacecraft.
Meanwhile, the Soyuz TMA-21 "Gargain" launch is be delayed by at least two days due to a radio glitch within the capsule. It had been previous slated to boost to space on March 20, 2011. The exact new date and time have yet to be publicly announced. The delay will leave the International Space Station with a downsized crew of three for at least a few days.
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