Wisconsin Astronaut prepares for launch

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It’s three days until lift-off of a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station.Colonel Jeffrey Williams of Winter, Wisconsin is a member of the three man crew.On this day, known as L minus 3, there’s a little known but venerable Russian tradition called a “roll-out” that takes place at the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Mike Simonson reports from Biakonur…

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