Russia to rescue ISS crew on backup rocket after capsule leak
Reuters Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two cosmonauts and a US astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struck by a micrometeoroid and started leaking last month. The leak came from a tiny puncture – less than one millimetre wide – […]
NASA, Russian space agency sign deal to share space station flights – Roscosmos
Reuters NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos have signed a long-sought agreement to integrate flights to the International Space Station, allowing Russian cosmonauts to fly on US-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to ride on Russia’s Soyuz, the agencies said Friday. “The agreement is in the interests of Russia and the United […]