The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos plans to send Soyuz spacecraft with two space tourists to the International Space station (ISS) after 2013, the head of Roscosmos' manned flights department, Alexei Krasnov, told RIA Novosti.
Virginia-based Space Adventures, Ltd. and the Russian Roscosmos are actively in negotiation to expand the spaceflight participants temporarily suspended due to the added demand for Soyuz seats by the United States and other international space station partners over the next two or three years.
Russia's RSC Energia corporation recently said it had the capacity to build five Soyuz spacecraft per year instead of four, meaning that at least one Soyuz spacecraft could be used for space tourism purposes in the future.
Space Adventures recently indicated that it was working with America's Boeing space division to add commercial spaceflights for would-be astronauts in 2015 to low earth orbit.
Virginia-based Space Adventures, Ltd. and the Russian Roscosmos are actively in negotiation to expand the spaceflight participants temporarily suspended due to the added demand for Soyuz seats by the United States and other international space station partners over the next two or three years.
Russia's RSC Energia corporation recently said it had the capacity to build five Soyuz spacecraft per year instead of four, meaning that at least one Soyuz spacecraft could be used for space tourism purposes in the future.
Space Adventures recently indicated that it was working with America's Boeing space division to add commercial spaceflights for would-be astronauts in 2015 to low earth orbit.
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