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Russia May Send Saudi Astronaut to Space - Intergovernmental Commission by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019
Russia and Saudi Arabia have discussed the possibility for Russia to send a Saudi astronaut to space for a short-duration flight, the protocol of the meeting of the Russian-Saudi intergovernmental commission read. "The countries have expressed readiness to continue consultations on the prospects and mutually beneficial areas of bilateral space activities ... a manned space flight and preparations for a short-duration flight of a Saudi astronaut," the protocol read. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud has recently held talks with Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, and has also attended the Mission Control Center of the Russian Federal Space Agency. An astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will soon fly to the International Space Station on board of Russia's Soyuz spacecraft. Meanwhile, Russia is also negotiating a similar flight with Bahrain. Source: RIA Novosti
Soyuz capsule safely returns three space station crew members to Earth Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 Two astronauts and a cosmonaut are back on Earth after 204 days aboard the International Space Station. The trio touched down inside the Russian-built Soyuz capsule. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. ET on Monday evening - 8:47 a.m. Tuesday morning, local time. McClain, Saint-Jacques and Kononenko orbited Earth 3,264 times during their 204-day stay aboa ... read more
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