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Soyuz carries three cosmonauts to station as Nelson touts cooperation
Three cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Friday, caught up with the International Space Station after a two-orbit rendezvous and moved in for docking at a newly arrived Russian module. The cosmonauts are replacing three crew members — two Russians and an American — who are heading home at the end of the month to close out a record-setting flight.
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Live coverage: Russian cosmonauts launch on Soyuz rocket
An all-Russian crew of three cosmonauts launched Friday at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to orbit on a Soyuz rocket to begin a six-and-a-half month expedition on the International Space Station. The trio docked with the space station at 3:12 p.m. EDT (1912 GMT).
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NASA official says U.S.-Russian partnership continues on space station
Kathy Lueders, head of NASA’s human spaceflight operations division, said Monday that joint activities on the International Space Station are continuing amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, including preparations for the return of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft March 30.
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches more OneWeb satellites
Arianespace’s first mission of 2022 launched from French Guiana on Thursday with 34 more satellites for OneWeb’s global internet network. A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1:09 p.m. EST (1809 GMT; 3:09 p.m. French Guiana time), heading northbound over the Atlantic Ocean to a polar orbit with the Florida-built OneWeb satellites.
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