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- The US government has paid Russia nearly $4 billion to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) via its Soyuz rockets up to July 2019, a report, compiled by the NASA Inspector General Paul Martin, said.
www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_has_paid_Russia_4_billion_dollars_to_transport_astronauts_to_ISS_999.htmlUS has paid Russia 4 billion dollars to transport astronauts ...
Jul 15, 2022 · American and Russian astronauts will once share space aboard the same spacecraft after NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, reached a ride-sharing agreement Friday following months...
- NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to space
But after 2011, when NASA retired its Space Shuttle program,...
- NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to space
Apr 8, 2020 · NASA’s dependence on Russia to send humans to space has been expensive. A seat in a Soyuz capsule costs $86 million today, an increase of nearly 400 percent over about a decade and a half.
Sep 21, 2022 · But after 2011, when NASA retired its Space Shuttle program, Russia’s Soyuz capsules were the only option for US astronauts. NASA has been paying up to $90 million for seats aboard a Soyuz...
But it would take time and, after the space shuttle was retired, Nasa had to fill the gap by paying Russia tens of millions of dollars per seat to fly its astronauts to the ISS on the...
Apr 23, 2021 · Nasa spent $3.9bn on Soyuz seats to transport astronauts to the ISS between 2011 and 2019 after retiring the Shuttle, according to the agency’s inspector general Paul Martin.
Jul 1, 2021 · As of 2020, the cost of a single Soyuz seat had risen to $90 million, and NASA had spent nearly $4 billion flying 70 astronauts to the ISS. It was politically unpalatable for the U.S. to spend billions of dollars supporting Russia's aerospace industry instead of its own.
Nov 18, 2019 · The US government has paid Russia nearly $4 billion to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) via its Soyuz rockets up to July 2019, a report, compiled by the NASA Inspector General Paul Martin, said.
