Russia, US Agree to Resume Ride Sharing for Space Station Missions
- Launches from Kazakhstan and Florida part of deal, NASA says
- US and Russia shared craft during the space shuttle era
Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station expedition 60/61.
Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
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The US and Russian space agencies said they have agreed to resume having crew members ride to the International Space Station on each others’ rockets.
The arrangement with Roscosmos will send an integrated crew to the space station in September, NASA said Friday in an emailed news release. Crews shared rides during the US space shuttle program that ended in 2011.