On Nov. 2, 2000, the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. On board were Roscosmos cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev and NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd. They were known as Expedition 1, the first long-term crew to live on the ISS. Since their arrival, there have always been […]
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