USA and Russia Space station
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), which performed docking manoeuvres in Earth orbit, was the first cooperative spaceflight of an American and Soviet spacecraft.
The mission served as a catalyst for increased space collaboration between the United States and Russia.
Kennedy Space Center in Florida saw the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting an international crew and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
For the first time in more than six years, a Russian cosmonaut boarded an American-built rocket for space travel during the launch.
Despite the unrest in the Ukraine, the US and Russia will restart their space missions.
Following months of hostilities between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, Russia and the US have decided to continue their cooperative study of the Moon and look for life on other planets.
According to officials, the two space heavyweights would cooperate to send cosmonauts to Mars in the 2030s after launching a new robotic trip to the moon as early as 2020.
In 2021, cosmonauts and astronauts from Russia, the United States, and Japan will travel together to the International Space Station (ISS).
According to a statement issued on Friday by NASA, the joint mission will commemorate 50 years of human space travel.
The mission provided an impetus for further cooperation between the United States and Russia in space.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a multi-national crew and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), took off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
The launch was the first time in more than six years that a Russian cosmonaut had boarded an American-made rocket bound for space.
US, Russia to resume space missions despite Ukraine war tensions
Russia and the US have agreed to continue joint exploration of the Moon and search for life on other planets, following months of tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine.
The two space superpowers will launch a new robotic mission to lunar orbit as early as 2020 and work together to land cosmonauts on Mars in the 2030s, officials said on Friday.
A joint flight to the International Space Station (ISS) by cosmonauts and astronauts from Russia, the United States and Japan is planned for 2021.
The joint mission will mark 50 years of human space exploration, according to a statement released on Friday by NASA.