Russia's next space station-bound Soyuz spacecraft named for first cosmonaut

The next crew to launch into space will fly on board a vehicle named for the first person to do so, Russia's space agency has announced. Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei will lift off on Soyuz MS-18, which is now the "Yu.A. Gagarin."

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