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A Russian Rocket Is About to Make the Space Station Even More Crowded

A Russian Soyuz-MS mission to the International Space Station launches from the Baikonur space center on March 23. — A Russian Soyuz-MS mission to the International Space Station launches from the Baikonur space center on March 23.
Photographer: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images

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By Bruce Einhorn

September 4, 2024 at 2:05 PM UTC

Hello, it’s Bruce Einhorn in Princeton. Next week a US astronaut is scheduled to take off on a Soyuz vehicle, a reminder that Russia’s spacecraft — unlike that of a certain US multinational — has an impressive track record sending people into orbit. Now, Russian officials are talking about how they can catch up in other parts of space. But first ...

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