Space cooperation the United States and Russia continues despite the conflict – Newsweek Poland

Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13M, which took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) new astronauts – a Russian, German and American.

Soyuz flight lasted about six hours. The ship, on board of which are Russian Maksim Surajew, German Alexander Gerst and American Reid Wiseman, successfully docked to the ISS.

At the International Space Station waiting for a lot of them work. They include carried out over 100 experiments. Their return to Earth is planned for November. Surajew, Gerst and Wiseman will join the current ISS crew – two Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemiewa, and American, Steven Swanson.

Shamil Zhumatov, Reuters

New members of the crew of the ISS before launch. From left: Alexander Gerst, Maksim Surajew and Reid Wiseman

U.S. and Russia, despite tensions between them because of the conflict in Ukraine, continue their cooperation in space. After the withdrawal from service of all the shuttles, NASA does not have its own means of transport astronauts into orbit and consideration must use the services of the Russian Soyuz ships.