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EventAccomplished976 t1_jc6ef0h wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Soyuz MS-23 may share design flaw with MS-22 and Progress MS-21. Soyuz MS-24 may launch earlier than planned. by AWildDragon

In the 90s the russians were the only ones with actual experience flying long term missions in space, the cooperation started with them allowing NASA astronauts to visit Mir. It was an exchange, not just a goodwill gesture, that was just how the ISS was sold to the US congress.

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