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Now playing Next Mobility US and Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets to ISS again Russian cosmonauts will fly on US-made spacecraft in exchange for US astronauts being able to ride on Russia's Soyuz. 18/07/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Putin removes firebrand Dmitry Rogozin as head of Roscosmos Russia's space agency has lost its firebrand chief Dmitry Rogozin – a man known for his blusterous anti-West rhetoric, particularly since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 15/07/2022
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