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Zhukovsky, Russia (SPX) Aug 19, 2005 The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos will sell a Soyuz spacecraft, a carrier rocket and launch services to NASA for some $65 million, if the American agency approves the deal, a Roscosmos official told journalists Thursday, reported RIA Novosti Roscosmos manned flight programs head Alexei Krasnov said the deal, which includes a Russian cosmonaut as shuttle commander, might be changed to take inflation into account. He explained that Russia's commitments on American astronauts' delivery to the International Space Station would expire in spring 2006, meaning that in April 2006, two seats in the Soyuz would be given to Russian cosmonauts and one would go to either a space tourist, a European Space Agency astronaut or any other candidate who can pay for the flight. "We hope American shuttles will resume regular flights and we are suggesting that our American partners use Soyuz craft as retrieving units for the ISS crew instead of as shuttles," Krasnov said. The United States cannot currently buy the craft because of a U.S. law banning airspace equipment purchases from certain countries. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
ISS Crew Successfully Complete Spacewalk: Russian Mission Control
Moscow (AFP) Aug 19, 2005Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalyov and US astronaut John Phillips completed a spacewalk out of the International Space Station (ISS) early on Friday devoted to maintenance tasks and returned safely inside the station, Russian mission control said.
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