Why the faster rendezvous time to the ISS?

Lumpy · March 31, 2013, 5:45pm

I’ve read a couple of places that the latest Soyuz capsule reached the International Space Station in only about six hours. What made a faster rendezvous possible?

engineer_comp_geek · March 31, 2013, 5:54pm

We just did this:

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Why the faster rendezvous time to the ISS?

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