Cosmonaut due to command space station resigns for 'better job'

Friday, September 6, 2013 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

A veteran Russian cosmonaut who was assigned to command the International Space Station in 2015 has unexpectedly resigned.Cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov tendered his resignation to the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, on Thursday.

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