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Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard U.S. spacecraft for first time since 2002

05/10/2022 04:32 PM | Click to read full article

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina is poised to turn out to be the primary Russian to launch on an American rocket in almost 20 years and the primary to fly aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship for a flight to the Worldwide Area Station.

Mann, a Marine Corps colonel and F/A-18 service pilot, is the primary native American lady to be assigned to a spaceflight. 

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