International crew takes short cut to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, May 30: A Russian spaceship took a shortcut to the International Space Station on Tuesday, delivering a veteran cosmonaut, a rookie Italian astronaut and an American mother on her second flight to the outpost in less than six hours. The capsule slipped into its berthing port at 10:10 p.M. EDT about 250 miles above the south Pacific Ocean. (agencies)