CGTN published this video item, entitled “SpaceX drops off Russian, Native American at ISS” – below is their description.
SpaceX has delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, including the first Russian to launch from the U.S. in 20 years, the result of a new crew exchange agreement.
The crew of four also includes the first Native American woman, one Japanese and two American astronauts to orbit the Earth.
The SpaceX capsule pulled up to the station a day after launching into orbit.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.