International Space Station

Stay at the station will last six months.

Debris is from a Chinese satellite that was deliberately destroyed in 2007 as part of a weapons test.

Not enough time to steer orbiting outpost away.

Astronauts reached orbit one week shy of the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight.

The three-member crew will launch from Kazakhstan this evening.

The delay avoids a scheduling conflict with a Russian vehicle also heading to the International Space Station.

Expedition 27 is scheduled for launch Monday evening.

The launch will happen from the same launch pad of the first manned space mission.

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The Russian mission is headed to the International Space Station.

The engines will be used for commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station.

The crew of space shuttle Discovery carried it up to the space station last month, said NASA spokeswoman Kylie Clem.

Astronauts at the International Space Station unpacked Robonaut on Tuesday, 2½ weeks after its arrival via shuttle Discovery. NASA broadcast the humorous unveiling ceremony Wednesday.

The Soyuz capsule carrying Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka landed at 1:53 p.m. (0753 GMT) about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the northern Kazakh city of Arkalyk.

Watch as the Expedition 26 crew of Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri return to Earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M on Wednesday.