Russia extends cross-flight programme with NASA until 2025 – Roscosmos
The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.
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Russia’s space state agency Roscosmos said on Thursday that a cross-flight programme with NASA to the International Space Station (ISS) had been extended until 2025, Interfax news agency reported.
The cross-flights were extended “in order to maintain the reliability of the ISS operation” and will be carried out on Russian and U.S. spacecraft, Roscosmos said.
The cross-flights involve sending one American astronaut to the ISS as part of the crew of a Russian spacecraft, and vice versa – one Russian cosmonaut as part of an American crew, Interfax reported.
