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American astronauts Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus are aboard the
station along with Russian Yuri Lonchakov. The crew size will be doubled
to six members later this year.
AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson in New York and AP Science Writer
Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
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