From Lift-Off to Dock: 5 hours, 43 minutes

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The journey from Earth to the International Space Station used to take 2 days...

Russia tests faster space docking route

..."The docking between the cargo ship and the ISS was performed according to a four-orbit scheme for the first time in history," said the Russian Mission Control Centre.

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