From Russia, With Thrusters

MAXIM BABENKO and STEVE BELL, NY Times: Science
Mon, 03/11/2019 - 11:00am

As another Soyuz space rocket prepares to send a new batch of astronauts to the International Space Station, a photographer takes us inside the world’s oldest and largest spaceport.

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