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Soyuz Spacecraft with US Astronaut, Two Russian Cosmonauts Docks at ISS

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Soyuz Spacecraft with US Astronaut, Two Russian Cosmonauts Docks at ISS

The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Russian spacecraft blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on Friday carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), live TV images showed.

At 1853 GMT the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with American Loral O'Hara and Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on board docked at the ISS, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said.

They will join the current crew of NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Frank Rubio, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin, Konstantin Borisov and Sergei Prokopyev, as well as Denmark's Andreas Mogensen and Japan's Satoshi Furukawa.

O'Hara and Chub are on their first spaceflight, while Kononenko is on his fifth, Reuters reported.

Russia's space program suffered a major setback last month when its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed during an attempt to land near the south pole of the moon in the country's first lunar mission in 47 years.

The ISS is one of the few international projects on which the United States and Russia still cooperate closely.

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Giorgia Villa Goes Viral over Parmesan Sponsorship Deal after Gymnastics Silver Medal

FILE - Italy's Giorgia Villa competes in the women's uneven bars final during the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - Italy's Giorgia Villa competes in the women's uneven bars final during the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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Giorgia Villa Goes Viral over Parmesan Sponsorship Deal after Gymnastics Silver Medal

FILE - Italy's Giorgia Villa competes in the women's uneven bars final during the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - Italy's Giorgia Villa competes in the women's uneven bars final during the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics because of a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history.
With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led US team's gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Villa matched Italy’s best result in Olympic gymnastics, a feat the country achieved in 1928.
It was Italy's first medal in 96 years in the women’s team final, and Villa contributed to that with a score of 13.766 on uneven bars.
But it wasn’t that solid performance that made her a social media sensation. It's her previous role as an ambassador for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese that has put her in the spotlight.
Immediately after the final on Tuesday, images of a 2021 advertising campaign showing Villa in a leotard next to a giant wheel of the hard, grainy cheese, one hand resting on a large chunk of it, began to circulate on social networks. It has not stopped, The Associated Press reported.
“Olympic silver medalist Giorgia Villa sponsored by Parmigiano Reggiano: could it be more Italian than this?” one user asked in a message accompanied with pictures of the gymnast tumbling over a wheel of cheese and doing a big split over four of them.
Sport Consultants Impresa e Sport said Villa, who also was part of the team that ended Italy’s 69-year medal wait in the women’s team event at the 2019 world championships by winning bronze, was named ambassador for the cheese in 2021.
“Since I was a child I’ve always loved this amazing product, a symbol of excellence and Italian culture,” Villa said when the sponsorship deal kicked off. According to Italian media, the deal ended in 2022.
Parmigiano Reggiano is no stranger to working with top Italian athletes including tennis player Jannik Sinner, former NBA player Nico Mannion, Paralympic swimmer Giulia Ghiretti and fencer Matteo Neri.
Villa, who started doing gymnastics when she was 3 years old, could not compete in the all-around because of her back problems.