Galileo dipped to 503 miles above the surface. MirCorp announced Monday that cosmonauts Sergei Zalyotin and Alexander Kalery and will return to Earth as scheduled in mid-June, completing their historic mission that reactivated the Mir space station for commercial activity. It will be Wednesday afternoon at the earliest before the inaugural Atlas 3A rocket launch will occur from Cape Canaveral, officials decided this morning. See our Mission Status Center for the latest news. For the latest spaceflight news and features visit our sister-site, Spaceflight Now .
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