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Several former nasa astronauts have, including scott kelly who was a commander on board the international space station, famously spent a year in space, and he said on twitter yesterday that he concurs with a fellow former astronaut, he says this political statement is disgusting and consistent with the man child that pleads roscosmos. he said if the cosmonauts were against it they would have had to choose between this and a rocket to siberia. the iss is no place to promote genocide, especially when the international space station has long been hailed as one of the last places where the united...

You see all four of the astronauts up there comfortable in their seats and space suits still. eventually in the next couple of hours, they will take off their suits and get into more casual gear. most likely, they will take a nice little nap before they have to wake back up and do the hard work of docking with international space station and opening the hatch and crawling in. they will have a big welcome party when they get there. the mission will be six months long so this is a long-duration trip that will be their new homes, course 250 miles above the earth. but spectacular views out the win...

And just to point out it will be a few hours before -- like, following docking to the hatch opening. but right now, the crew is in their space suits because they have to wear their space suits when they're going through a dynamic phase of flight which includes, of course, the launch, but also this docking period. but shortly after the docking and pressurization is completed. they'll be able to stake off the space suits. get into comfortable clothes and open that hatch and get on that space station, something that the crew members have dreamed of -- >> sorry, rachel, yes, let's listen into what...

The ukrainian national flag, and it raised some eyebrows particularly back in russia, what the heck are you guys doing. one of the cosmonauts said it had something to do with the fact that yellow was the predominant color they had in the closet, the others saying all three are graduates of the positive cow technical state university -- moscow. it certainly got noticed around the world, some saying it was not a coincidence. by the way, the american astronaut who's onboard due back on the 30th of this month, there was a kerfuffle, you might recall, on whether the russians would fly him back home...

Covered russia five years but pulled out of the country two weeks ago. even though she felt no immediate threat during her report, she said she could no longer do her job as a journalist >> when police come, you just do what they say. >> you always felt like you were being watched because you were a journalist. >> you are watched >> reporter: as a war rages on, putin's grip on information tightening with russians caught in the middle kathy park, nbc news russia's space agency is now dismissing speculation that a group of its cosmonauts was supporting ukraine with their space suits. three cos...