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A ISS-bound Soyuz rocket carrying Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergei Korsakov takes off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
A three-man crew blasts off to the International Space Station, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA's Chris Cassidy launched at 08:05 GMT from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 has changed pre-launch protocol. IMAGES
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Hammock Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos arrive at the International Space Station. IMAGES
US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 70-71 main crew, bid farewell to their relatives and visitors gathered ahead of the launch from the Russian leased Baikonur facility, in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes a successful second attempt on Thursday, blasting off for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. Space has remained a rare venue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the Russian offensive in Ukraine placed them in sharp opposition. While aboard the ISS, the Crew-6 members will conduct dozens of experiments including studying how materials burn in microgravity and researching heart, brain and cartilage functions. IMAGES
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