The spaceship with two Russian astronauts and an American took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
A Russian rocket carrying a team from the United States and Russia has accosted with the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft left the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:47 am (05:47 GMT) on Tuesday. Space flight remains a rare means of cooperation between the United States and Russia, the links that broken down after Moscow sparked his war in Ukraine in February 2022.
With Jonathan Kim and Russian astronauts from NASA, Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zububitsky, on board, the ship accosted with the ISS a few hours later, Roscosmos, Russia’s State Space Corporation said.
The mission of the latest launch of Soyouz is to carry out 50 scientific experiences in space, said Roscosmos, before returning to Earth on December 9.
Confirmed acosity: the spacecraft MS-27 Soyuz, which was launched from the earth a few hours ago, officially accosted towards the @Space_Station at 4:57 a.m. (0857 UTC). Stay listening as we salute the new crew members of the station; The cover starts at 7 a.m. HE (1100 UTC). pic.twitter.com/mg6bkzclql
– NASA (@nasa) April 8, 2025
The Soyuz rocket was decorated to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
However, despite continuous cooperation in space theft, the United States and other Western countries have ceased other partnerships with Roscosmos as part of the Russia’s series of sanctions due to the war.
President’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who tries to stimulate reset in American-Russia ties and who had talks in Washington last week, said Tuesday’s launch was the last example of a lasting spatial exploration relationship that traces his history until 1975.
It was at this point that the first mission of the International Crew space carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union saw an Apollo and a Quai de Soyuz in space.
This mission, which presented the first international handshake in space, was a symbol of the relaxation of the Cold War.
“Russian and American cooperation in the space industry continues today,” said Dmitriev, publishing a video on his official telegram of the exploding rocket.
DMITRIEV added that Moscow could also provide a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by the CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk.
The Russian space program, which for decades has been a source of great pride, has been suffering for years from a chronic lack of funding, corruption scandals and failures.
The Luna-25 investigation, the first mission of the country’s moon in almost 50 years, crashed on the moon after an incident during the preliminary maneuvers in August 2023.
Moscow began to extend its spatial cooperation with other countries, including China, which remains the only country to win an investigation on the dark side of the moon.
The ISS approaching the end of its lifespan, Russia has also announced its intention to start its own space station. The first two modules should be launched in 2027.
