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By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 28, 2009
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Russian space capsule blasted off Wednesday into the searing hot afternoon skies of Central Asia on a landmark mission to expand the permanent human presence in space.
The Soyuz craft carrying a Canadian, a Russian and a Belgian soared above Kazakhstan to begin....
