All-Russian cosmonaut crew launches to International Space Station
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By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN A trio of Russian cosmonauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday. Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov lifted off aboard a Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan at 11:55 a.m.
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By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN A trio of Russian cosmonauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday. Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov lifted off aboard a Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan at 11:55 a.m.
Scrutiny over the planned liftoff has grown as the war has strained relations between Russia and its space partners, and has called into question the iconic orbiting lab's future.
A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, the first new faces in space since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.