Russia, US May Sign New Deal to Send Astronauts to ISS – Roscosmos

© Flickr / NASA's Marshall Space Flight CenterThe International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7 a.m. (EST) on March 7, 2011.
The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7 a.m. (EST) on March 7, 2011. - Sputnik International
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Russia’s space agency Roscosmos announced that the agency was expected to sign an agreement on astronauts’ delivery to the International Space Station in 2018 with NASA this fall.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s space agency Roscosmos is likely to sign an agreement with NASA this fall on sending US astronauts to the International Space Station in 2018, Roscosmos said Monday.

Roscosmos spokesperson Igor Bourenkov said Thursday that ambitious projects involving manned trips to deep space, including Mars, will have to be international in nature, Russia's RIA Novosti reports. - Sputnik International
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“The agreement on astronauts’ delivery to the International Space Station in 2018 is expected to be signed this fall,” the Roscosmos press service informed.

Russia’s space agency also said that a similar deal had been signed for 2017.

In February, NASA announced it was ready to extend cooperation with its International Space Station partners, including Russia, for another nine years.

The US agency had halted the majority of its joint activities with Russia over the Ukraine crisis in April 2014, except for the space cooperation.

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