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Go to topicA 5:55 minute video made in 2003 after the failure of the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission, which temporarily grounded the Space Shuttle missions to the ISS. However, in April 2003 a Soyuz mission set off for the ISS carrying a reduced two-man, Expedition 7 crew to replace the Expedition 6 crew, whose stay had been prolonged due to the failure of the STS-107 mission. The video also shows interviews with the Expedition 6 crew on board the ISS.