During launch of the Soyuz craft, cosmonauts experience four times the force of gravity.

在联盟号发射的时候，宇航员所承受的是4倍的重力加速度。

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However, the research vessel will expand to a 6-member crew on 4th, April, after 3 others arrive on board the Soyuz space craft.

但是到4月4号，另外3名宇航员将搭载“联盟号”宇宙飞船登上宇宙空间站，那时，空间站上的成员就增加到6名了。

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In April, a Soyuz capsule landed 420 km off course after explosive bolts failed to detonate before re-entry, sending the craft into a steep descent.

今年4月，“联盟号”飞船返回舱在进入地球大气层之前因爆炸螺栓未能引爆，最后在偏离预定着陆点420公里的地方惊险着陆。

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You can pay for a seat on the Russian Soyuz craft that regularly fly to the International Space Station (ISS).

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The Shenzhou themselves are based on Russia's Soyuz craft but, according to Phillip Clark, a British-based consultant and expert on the Chinese space programme, they are not a straight knock-off.

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The Moscow talks coincided with the deployment of a Soyuz craft to ferry a new crew to the ISS. The existing crew - two Americans and a Russian - had a dramatic re-entry that took their craft more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) beyond its intended landing site.

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