On April 26, 2011, a Soyuz-U launch vehicle with the Progress M-10M spacecraft rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.
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On April 5, 2011, SpaceX introduced Falcon Heavy, the world\’s most powerful launch vehicle. Falcon Heavy\’s first stage consists of three nine-engine cores and features propellant cross-feed from the side boosters to the center core. Falcon Heavy will deliver 53 metric tons to Low Earth Orbit.
On April 6, 2011, Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.
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Soyuz TMA-21 lifted off from Baikonur cosmodrome with cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev and NASA astronaut Ron Garan. They will join the Expedition 27 crew members already on the station: Dmitry Kondratyev, Catherine Coleman, and Paolo Nespoli.
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The MESSENGER spacecraft entered Mercury\’s orbit. The first picture taken by the spacecraft was of the planet\’s south pole. MESSENGER began the operational phase of its mission on April 4, 2011.
The STS-134 mission will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and the Express Logistics Carrier 3 to the International Space Station. STS-134 launch is scheduled for April 19, 2011.
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