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On March 18, MS-21 carried three Russian cosmonauts to the space station. An entirely Russian crew to the ISS is a first for the country, as ever since its creation an international astronaut has always hitched a ride.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a coincidence that Russia\u2019s first all-Russian ISS crew flight falls during the time of great divide in world politics. MS-21 originally was going to be a \u201cseat-swap\u201d mission where a NASA astronaut would fly to the ISS on a Soyuz in exchange for a Roscosmos cosmonaut flying on SpaceX\u2019s Dragon. Negotiations between the two agencies have been ongoing for some time now but have been repeatedly delayed. However, NASA expects a deal to be signed before the next round of crew flights this fall.<\/p>\n

The three crew members of MS-21, Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov, arrived at the station later that day and were welcomed by their fellow Russian, American, and German crew members \u2013 a short-lived show that things may be normal between the agencies.<\/p>\n

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