MOSCOW – RUSSIAN scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilisations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.…

Errr..not yet. The Soyuz (In-english means Union) TMA-18 spacecraft arrived by train (due to its large body) to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko and NASA Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson is scheduled for Friday, April 2, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Eastern. On this mission, both Russia and USA scientists are working together as a team.

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