Jan 17, 2018 ... The space agency gave them a combined $50 million to design the  transportation technologies of the future. Until then, NASA would pay Russia to  send American astronauts to their ... the United States will have uninterrupted  access to the space station ... We want to hear what you think about this article.
Oct 12, 2018 ... A Russian Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying the members of ISS ... destroying a  $50 million weather satellite and 18 other satellites. ... using Russian launch  vehicles to get astronauts to the ISS, and -- for now ... "For the first time since  2011, we are on the brink of launching American astronauts on American ...
Aug 5, 2015 ... Have an existing account? ... NASA to keep paying Russia to send astronauts to  space station ... to the International Space Station for the foreseeable future now  that it ... $75 million for every ride on a Soyuz rocket to the space station. ...  Program to return human spaceflight launches to American soil this ...
Feb 28, 2017 ... The US hasn't had the capability to send its own astronauts to space ... could  become a sort of space taxi service for American astronauts. The Commercial  Crew Program was intended to give NASA a cheaper alternative to Russia, but  the ... In 2015, NASA spent $490 million on six more Soyuz seats as a ...
Apr 6, 2010 ... American and partner astronauts into space after the space shuttle fleet is ... The  new deal allows NASA to pay the Russian Federal Space ... from the $50 million  NASA paid for seats on the Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft through 2012. ... to  make sure we have access to the space station while commercial ...
From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station