International Space Station Welcomes New Crew from Russia and NASA

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut. The mission comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and the US. The crew members expressed optimism about their cooperation in space, emphasizing the care they take of each other. Russia's space program recently faced a setback with the crash of the Luna-25 space module during a lunar landing attempt. Russia plans to leave the ISS after 2024 and develop its own orbital station, while also seeking to strengthen space cooperation with China.