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5 days remaining to the launch of the Soyuz TMA-17. / December 16, 2009 /

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the astronauts began the second workout.

At 7 pm Moscow time the crews of manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-17 "arrived in the assembly and test building site 254 Baikonur Cosmodrome in the re-training in the spacecraft.

After a short briefing, conducted by the first vice-president of rocket-space corporation NI Intercontinental ballistic missile Zelenschikov astronauts began their studies.

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