Much Larger, Further Contracts Will Be Required To Buy Russian Flights Until Orion Flies In 2015 NASA took a first step into a world even its administrator doesn't embrace, inking an initial contract to have the Russians lift American astronauts to space instead of their traveling on U.S. space shuttles. For half a decade, the United States will be totally dependent on the Russians to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station that was built with $100 billion of…
NASA Begins Buying Russian Soyuz Transport Services To Replace American Space Shuttles, During Years When NASA Can’t Reach Space
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