Russian Soyuz docks at ISS, cosmonauts and astronaut aboard
23 September 2023 |
7:38 am
There has been an instance of cooperation between the US and Russia with the docking of the Soyuz spacecraft at the ISS, amid tensions between Washington and Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.
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