Aboard the International Space Station, a crew of four Americans, two Russians, and one German have to ignore the war going on below them and continue to cooperate.
The lights have gone out in many parts of Ukraine as Russia’s war ravages the land and its people. But in the darkness, an easily visible, unwavering point of white light will sweep over the heads of Ukrainians and Russians alike for a few minutes most nights, like a cue ball shot across the heavens. If unaware of the light’s source, Ukrainians may fear it is yet another lethal Russian weapon seeking to rain its wrath down on them.
That partnership is facing its most dire test right now. Inside the ISS, the seven crew members of what is denoted as—four Americans, two Russians, and a German—must ignore the violence and political rupture going on below them and continue to cooperate. They have no choice: Even as they can almost certainly see evidence of the war with their own eyes, they must live and work together. Their lives depend on it.
In a very real sense, then, as the world comes apart at the seams, the plucky ISS continues to operate—as it has for almost a quarter century—as an enduring symbol of international partnership. Despite the near complete rupture in U.S.
At first, it looked like the war might really take the ISS down. Shortly after Russia’s onslaught, when the U.S.
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