Beaconsfield NewsLocal news for Beaconsfield, IA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Next Space Station Crew, Malaysian Astronaut Ready to Fly- October 10, 2007 "I believe we have achieved a considerable progress over such a short time period" Astronaut Peggy Whitson , Expedition 16 commander, and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participate in a Soyuz training session at the Gagarin Cosmonaut ... via Space.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/beaconsfield-ia/2007/10/next-space-station-crew-malaysian-astron... Astronauts Set to Head to Space Station- October 9, 2007 "It's amazing to see the Malaysian flag on a Soyuz spaceship." A crew that includes Malaysia's first astronaut and an American who will become the first woman to command the international space station prepared Monday for blastoff later this week.The Soyuz-FG rocket is scheduled to blast off from the Central Asian steppe on Wednesday night to take Malaysia's Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Peggy Whitson of Beaconsfield, Iowa, and Russian Yuri Malenchenko into orbit.During his 12-day space trip,...http://www.topix.net/city/beaconsfield-ia/2007/10/astronauts-set-to-head-to-space-station?... |