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The Soyuz TMA-21 spaceship commander Alexander Samokutyayev of Roskosmos, at a news conference after the sitting of the state committee authorized the launch of the spacecraft with its own name "Gagarin" scheduled for April 5.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 03.04.2011
- Date published: 03.04.2011
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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