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All-Russian crew departs for International Space Station amid Ukraine crisis
Amid severe tensions between Russia and the West due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, an all-Russian crew has departed for the International Space Station (ISS).The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft with cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergei Korsakov on board lifted off from the Russian spaceport Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday. This was shown in live images from the Russian space agency Roscosmos.The rocket could be seen rising into the night sky over Central Asia. “Everything is normal on…