New crew set to zip up to space station in just 6 hours[ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:17:33 GMT ]By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comThree men are poised to make history today when they blast off on a rocket ride Thursday that will reach the International Space faster than any astronauts to fly there before.NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov are due to arrive at the orbiting laboratory just six hours after they launch at 4:43 p.m. EDT. The lifto...