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A three-man crew blasts off to the International Space Station, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA's Chris Cassidy launched at 08:05 GMT from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 has changed pre-launch protocol. 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
Two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, and American astronaut Loral O'Hara rocket toward the International Space Station as tensions between Moscow and Washington rise over Ukraine. The crew is expected to dock at the ISS three hours later. The launch comes after Russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years failed last month. IMAGES
SpaceX Crew dragon capsule docks successfully with the International Space Station. IMAGES
The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off on Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a major step in establishing Beijing as a leading space power. The Long March-2F rocket carrying three astronauts lifted off at 9:22 am local time (0122 GMT) in a cloud of smoke from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi desert. IMAGES
"Welcome to ISS": the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule docks with the International Space Station, with four astronauts onboard. IMAGES
A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Monday, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions. IMAGES
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