Crew Dragon went to the ISS with a Russian as part of the crew
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A Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Kennedy Center in Florida with the Crew Dragon spacecraft, the crew of which included Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov. Also on board are NASA astronaut Jasmine Mogbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Dane Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
12 minutes after launch, the ship dropped the second stage of the launch vehicle, while the first reusable stage made a controlled landing on the pad at Cape Canaveral.
The docking of the ISS and Crew Dragon is scheduled for August 27. The crew will have to spend six months in orbit.
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