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MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
Alexander Kireyev, head of Mission Control"s ballistic service, said the orbital adjustment was needed to test the ISS engines after a long pause, and to prepare the world"s sole civilian space station for docking with the cargo spacecraft Progress M-56 on April 26.
Kireyev said Progress M-56 is set to be launched from the Baikonur space station, which Russia leases from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, on April 24.