Astronauts on new mission dismiss safety concerns after Soyuz accident
Astronauts of the first manned space mission since an unprecedented accident in Octoberon Sunday brushed aside concerns about Russia's Soyuz rocket, saying risks were part of the job.Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) from Baikonur in Kazakhstan aboard a Soviet-designed Soyuz on Monday.
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