Roscosmos and NASA will discuss the crosst flight of their astronauts and astronauts on the Soyuz MS Space ships and Crew Dragon, TASS reports, referring to the statement of the general director of the Russian State Corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
“From our point of view, Spacex has developed sufficient experience so that you can send on their ships and representatives of our crews,” the manager said.
In September, NASA reported that the third and fourth mission to deliver people to the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of the Crew Dragon ship will be sent to the near-earth orbit of American, European and Japanese astronauts, as well as another calendal crew member.
In April, Steve Yurikchik, taking an acting head of NASA, in a conversation with Spaceflight Now did not rule out that the first flight of the Russian astronaut on American Crew Dragon and Starline spacecraft will occur no earlier than 2022. According to Yrurchik, we are talking about the mission of Spacex Crew-4, the launch of which will take place no earlier than the first quarter of 2022. The Acting Head of NASA noted that the draft version of the relevant “implementation agreement” between NASA and Roscosmos is still under consideration by the US State Department.