Apr 9 2007
From The Space Library
NASA announced modifications to the ISS contract with Roskosmos. The US$719 million modified contract covered crew rotations for 15 crew members—six in 2009, six in 2010, and three in 2011—as well as the delivery and removal of 5.6 tonnes (6.2 tons) of cargo. The modification also included NASA’s purchase of a Russian Docking Cargo Module flight in 2010, which would carry 1.4 tonnes (1.5 tons) of NASA cargo to the ISS, and the purchase of a flight opportunity in 2009, which would allow an astronaut from one of the ISS partner nations to spend approximately six months aboard the space station.
NASA, “NASA Extends Contract with Russia’s Federal Space Agency,” contract release C07-18, 9 April 2007, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/apr/HQ_C07-18_Roscosmo.html (accessed 2 March 2010); Rob Coppinger, “NASA Signs Five-Year $719 Million International Space Station Crew and Cargo Contract with Russia’s Federal Space Agency,” Flight International, 10 April 2007.
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