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MOSCOW, May 14 / TASS /. The next unmanned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for July 23, and the manned mission – for October 14, a space and missile industry source told TASS Thursday.
“The launch of the Progress MS-15 spacecraft into orbit is scheduled for July 23,” the source said, adding that the Soyuz 2.1a rocket is expected to bring the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft to the ISS “on October 14, according to ai plans. “
The crew of the Soyuz MS-17 will consist of two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut.
On May 12, the press service of the Russian state space company Roscosmos announced that it had signed a contract for a Soyuz MS seat for a US astronaut in the fall of 2020 with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). According to NASA’s Stephanie Schierholz, NASA will pay more than US $ 90 million for a Soyuz seat and corresponding services.
The United States stopped its manned space flights in 2011 when the Space Shuttle program was shut down. Since then, NASA astronauts have been brought to the ISS by the Russian spacecraft Soyuz. Currently, a number of US companies are developing new spacecraft for manned programs.
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