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There were a number of expeditions to Salyut space stations. Initially these were not numbered, however the crews of Salyut 6 and Salyut 7 were numbered EO-n", where n is sequentially increased with each expedition to that particular station. The list of Expeditions did not include short term visits, or "taxi crews" delivering a new Soyuz spacecraft. The Salyut programme was a series of Soviet space stations launched during the 1970s and 1980s. Six Salyut space stations were manned, whilst a number of other stations were not, either due to failures, or because they were prototypes and not designed to be manned. Manned flights as part of the Salyut programme ended in 1986, when Salyut was superseded by Mir. (more...)
Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., January 20, 1930) is an American aviator and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing, and the second person to set foot on the Moon. His mission commander Neil Armstrong was the first. Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr. and his wife Marion Moon. He is of Scottish and Swedish ancestry. After graduating from Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey in 1946, Aldrin went to the US Military Academy at West Point. The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: his little sister mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it his legal first name in 1988. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet fighter pilot during the Korean War. Aldrin was selected as part of the third group of NASA astronauts in October 1963. After the deaths of the original Gemini 9 prime crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, Aldrin was promoted from the missions backup crew, and flew the mission in 1966. He later piloted Gemini 12, on which he performed an extra-vehicular activity. On Aldrin's third flight, Apollo 11, he was Lunar Module pilot, and became the second man to walk on the Moon on 21 July 1969. Aldrin retired from active duty In March 1972, after 21 years of service. (more...) 
The next scheduled launch is of a Rokot/Briz-KM with an undisclosed payload, believed to be three Rodnik satellites. Liftoff from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome is believed to be scheduled for 01:30 GMT on 6 July. The next scheduled manned launch will be of Space Shuttle Endeavour, on mission STS-127, to deliver the final components of the Japanese Experiment Module to the International Space Station. Launch from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center is scheduled 23:39 GMT on 11 July. A webcast can be viewed on NASA TV.
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