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Added on the 09/04/2021 16:15:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A three-man crew blasts off to the International Space Station in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. IMAGES
The crew of the first fully private mission to the International Space Station has splashed down off the coast of Florida after more than two weeks in space. The SpaceX capsule hit the water at 1:06 pm (1706 GMT) in the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville. IMAGES
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts reach earth, with tensions between Moscow and the West soaring over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said. NASA's Mark Vande Hei is returning after setting a new record for the single longest spaceflight by a NASA astronaut, clocking 355 days aboard the International Space Station. IMAGES
A three-man crew from Italy, Russia and the United States blasts off from Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. IMAGES
An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrives at the International Space Station on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. The team is welcomed with hugs by the seven crew members already aboard the ISS. IMAGES