Russia launched

Russia launched a two-man replacement crew to the Mir space station yesterday, accompanied by a German cosmonaut along as a paying customer. Liftoff of the Soyuz-U booster from Baikonur Cosmodrome came at 5:09 p.m. local time (11:09 a.m. EST), and the capsule separated as scheduled. Aboard were...

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