Roscosmos and Space Adventures signed a contract for the implementation of the short duration space flights to the ISS

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State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” and “Space Adventures, Inc.” signed a contract for the implementation of the short duration space flights of two spaceflight participants on board the same “Soyuz” spacecraft to the Russian Segment of the International Space Station. The flight is scheduled to launch in late 2021.

State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” and “Space Adventures, Inc.” have been cooperating in space tourism since 2001, when the first space tourist - Dennis Tito - flew on orbit. In total, seven people have visited space station in the frame of space tourism program with Charles Simonyi visiting the ISS twice.