Three Russian cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, docking their Soyuz capsule with the outpost for a mission that continues a 20-year shared Russian–U.S. presence in orbit despite tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The rendezvous came about three hours and 10 minutes after the Soyuz spacecraft carrying the new cosmonaut team lifted off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. “Congratulations on the successful docking,” a voice from Russia’s mission control said moments later, according to an English translator speaking during a live NASA webcast of the event. Link-up of the space vehicles, after the approaching Soyuz made two brief fly-around passes of ISS, took place as the Soyuz and space station flew some 250 miles (400 kilometers) above eastern Kazakhstan, a NASA commentator said. Soyuz commander Oleg Artemyev led the Soyuz team, joined by spaceflight rookies Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov on a science …