Today, history was made with the successful launch of the first joint American-Russian space mission. Astronauts from both countries boarded a Russian Soyuz capsule and blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS). This marks the first time that a Russian-made spacecraft has launched with American astronauts on board since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. The mission is a huge step forward in international cooperation and scientific exploration, and will hopefully usher in a new era of global collaboration when it comes to space exploration.

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source: Phys.org