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Soyuz MS-04

Russian space mission

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The Soyuz MS-04 was a Russian space mission that traveled to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission launched on April 20, 2017, and returned to Earth on September 3, 2017. The crew consisted of Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and American astronaut Jack Fischer. They were part of Expeditions 51 and 52 aboard the ISS. The ISS itself is a collaborative project involving the United States and Russia, with contributions from other international partners, and has been continuously occupied since November 2, 2000.12

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