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Docking with the Russian Prichal module is scheduled for 12:04 p.m. Moscow time (CMT0904) later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The crew is expected to remain aboard the ISS for 245 days.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket was adorned with special symbols honoring the triumph in World War II, a tribute to resilience and unity across time and space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Russia&#8217;s Soyuz-2.1a rocket, named the Victory Rocket in honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, was launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, the Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) said. 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