Three Russian cosmonauts arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, docking their Soyuz capsule with the outpost for a mission that continues a 20-year shared Russian–U.S. presence in orbit despite tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The arrival of the latest cosmonaut team–warmly welcomed by four Americans, two Russians, and a German crewmate already aboard–came a day after the European Space Agency (ESA) announced it had suspended a joint robotic rover mission to Mars with Russia due to the Ukraine conflict.
