Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Putin plays up Russia-US cooperation in space

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a model of a space ship during a visit to Roskosmos in Moscow on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Putin has highlighted Russia's cooperation with the United States in space, despite all of the difficulties the two countries face on Earth. Putin spoke by video link with astronauts from both countries aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, the day Russia celebrates Cosmonauts Day. It was on April 12, 1961, that Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth to become the first man in space. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted Russia's cooperation with the United States in space, despite all of the difficulties the two countries face on Earth.


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