NASA to Pay Russia Another $490 Million to Fly Astronauts on Soyuz Spacecraft
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 12:50
in Astronomy & Space
NASA formally notified Congress Aug. 5 that it is issuing a $490 million extension of an existing contract to purchase Soyuz seats from the Russian space agency, saying that it was forced to do so because of cuts in the agency’s commercial crew program.