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Long before Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft got set to launch from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 5, the country’s latest mission was a broadcast spectacle. That’s because this mission combines the allure of space with the drama of reality television, set against the backdrop of one of history’s greatest rivalries.

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