NASA Considers Buying New Rides To Space From Russia Amid Delays

NASA Considers Buying New Rides To Space From Russia Amid Delays

A possible purchase "provides flexibility and back-up capability" as the companies build rocket-and-capsule launch systems to return astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from U.S. soil for the first time since NASA's Space Shuttle program went dark in 2011.

World | | Updated: February 16, 2019 12:24 IST
NASA Considers Buying New Rides To Space From Russia Amid Delays

NASA said it could buy a seat for one astronaut in the fall and another seat in the spring of 2020.