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*Expedition 14 Arrives at Space Station*

The International Space Station’s next set of residents arrived at 1:21 a.m. EDT today when the Soyuz TMA 9 spacecraft docked. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin are scheduled to enter the station when the hatches are opened at around 4:30 a.m., where they will be greeted by the Expedition 13 crew.

Accompanying Expedition 14 is American Anousheh Ansari, who will be the first female spaceflight participant to visit the station. She is flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency.

Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin will replace Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams. European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter will remain on the station and join Expedition 14.

Vinogradov, Williams and Ansari are slated to return to Earth on Sept. 28.

+ Read more about the docking http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_advancer.html

For the latest information on STS-115, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

+ Read more about Expedition 13 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition13/index.html + Read more about Expedition 14 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.html + View crew's daily timelines http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html