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Peace in Space: SpaceX Rocket Takes 4 Astronauts to ISS, Including an American and a Russian

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While all around planet Earth humans are engaged in military hostilities, when it comes to space exploration, at least for now, cooperation is still the rule.

Ever since the end of the Cold War, the US and Russia, as well as many other countries, have collaborated in many space projects, notably the International Space Station (ISS).

With the onset of the War in Ukraine, however, the rapid polarization of the geopolitical panorama hit the space industry head on, disrupting the cooperation plans between the two biggest space-faring nations, US and Russia.

So, as four human beings from four different countries are shuttled by a rocket in a spacecraft towards the ISS, there is a little consolation that,

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