"The docking went well, " Yuri Koptev, director of the Russian Space Agency, said in a television interview.

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Earlier, Russian Aerospace Agency director Yuri Koptev said that a crew of two cosmonauts was getting ready for blastoff in case of an emergency.

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But the head of the Russian space agency, Yuri Koptev, said it was discussing candidates to become the next space tourist with the owner of the Soyuz spacecrafts, Interfax reported.

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