ISS launch: New US-Russian crew heads to space station - BBC News

The three men and one woman will conduct scientific experiments, including a study of degenerative diseases.

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Watch: SpaceX rocket blasts US-Russian crew towards International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying three US astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut has blasted off from Florida bound for the International Space Station (ISS).

The Crew-8 mission will be in space for six months. Space is one of the few areas where the US and Russia continue to co-operate closely despite the war in Ukraine.

The three men and one woman are in a capsule used in space four times before by Elon Musk's SpaceX firm.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68465056

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