The national aeronautic and space USA (NASA) agreed with the “Roscosmos” on how to buy one seat on the Russian spacecraft “Soyuz”. This is stated in the message on the NASA website.
The statement indicates that the Agency intends to ensure the continued U.S. presence aboard the ISS. The launch of a Soyuz scheduled for autumn 2020.
In Roscosmos also confirmed the signing of a contract with NASA. The amount of the contract were not disclosed, as this is a commercial secret.
According to TASS, later the official representative of the U.S. Department Stephanie Shierholz stated that NASA is to pay more than $ 90 million for a place for an astronaut on Board a Russian spacecraft. According to her, the price includes all necessary training and подготовкf to launch, operations during the flight, the landing and the search for crew members.
In addition, the price includes delivery to the station of some goods, and related services, which relate to the launching and landing. We are talking about delivery within 2.5 years on the ISS 800 kilograms of cargo to the Russian side.
Last fall, NASA announced its intention to purchase two seats on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for flights to the International space station (ISS). The American side was going to purchase one seat on “Soyuz MS-17 and MS Union-18”. This will ensure permanent presence of at least one American astronaut to the ISS until September 2021.
