A rare cooperation between the United States and the Russian space agency, a total of three astronauts from the two sides took off from Kazakhstan on a Russian spacecraft and arrived safely at the International Space Station.

(Associated Press)

[Central News Agency] As the war in Ukraine heats up, the United States and Roscosmos have rare cooperation. Astronauts from both sides took off from Kazakhstan on a Russian spacecraft. One American astronaut and two Russian astronauts on this mission have safely arrived in international space stand.

Roscosmos and NASA each released a live video of the launch from Kazakhstan. The narrator said the spacecraft was stable and the team members "felt good," Agence France-Presse reported. .

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The team consisting of American astronaut Rubio (Frank Rubio) and Russian astronauts Prokopyev (Sergey Prokopyev) and Dmitry Petelin (Dmitry Petelin) at 13:54 GMT on the 21st (Night Taiwan Time) 9:54), at the Kazakh Baikonur Cosmodrome (Baikonur Cosmodrome).

The three will live on the International Space Station (ISS) for six months with seven other astronauts, three Russians, three Americans and one Italian.

Rubio is the first American astronaut to travel to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket since Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine on February 24.

In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Western countries, including the United States, imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, sending bilateral relations to a new low.

Space is currently one of the only remaining areas of cooperation between the United States and Russia.

Russian and Western astronauts try to avoid conflict on Earth, especially when they coexist in orbit.

The International Space Station is jointly operated by the United States, Canada, Japan, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia, and is divided into two parts: the American orbital segment and the Russian orbital segment.

At present, the International Space Station relies on the Russian propulsion system to maintain an orbit about 400 kilometers above the ground, and the United States is responsible for the power and life support system.

Tensions in the space sector have risen since the U.S. announced sanctions on Russia's aerospace industry, prompting a warning from Dmitry Rogozin, the former head of Roscosmos, who backed Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.

The current head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, later confirmed that Russia plans to leave the ISS after 2024 in favor of establishing its own orbiting space station.

The astronaut team consists of American Rubio (left) and Russian Prokopiev (middle) and Petelin (right).

(Associated Press)