SpaceX Capsule Heads to Space Station Ferrying NASA Crew and Russian

SpaceX Capsule Heads to Space Station Ferrying NASA Crew and Russian
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule launches from Pad-39A on the Crew 5 mission carrying crew members to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 5, 2022. Joe Skipper/Reuters
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida on Wednesday carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans, and a Japanese astronaut flying together in a demonstration of U.S.-Russian teamwork in space despite Ukraine war tensions.

A high-ranking official of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said shortly after the launch that the flight marked “a new phase of our cooperation” with the U.S. space agency NASA.