More than 90 million US dollars for one vote! U.S. invests heavily in space for Russian Soyuz spacecraft

　　A ticket of more than 90 million US dollars
　　US heavily invested in the Russian Soyuz spaceship

　　Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, May 14 (Reporter Liu Xia) According to the US Space Network reported on the 13th, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reached an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency to pay more than 90 million US dollars to purchase the Russian Soyuz spacecraft this fall A cabin when traveling to and from the International Space Station. NASA said the deal was aimed at "maintaining the continued existence of the United States on the International Space Station" before the US commercial manned spacecraft enters the normal service stage.

　　NASA officials said the agreement was worth more than 90.25 million US dollars, including the spacecraft cabin itself and various training, pre-launch and post-landing services. Before the agreement is reached, Russia plans to transport three Russian astronauts to the International Space Station. Therefore, NASA will also use its cargo spacecraft to deliver 800 kg of cargo to Russia as a Russian in the next two and a half years. The astronauts were squeezed out of compensation for the Soyuz mission this fall.

　　NASA has not yet announced which astronaut will take the newly purchased space, but the astronaut will go to the International Space Station with two Russian astronauts to reduce the burden on the staff of the current space station. Chris Cassidy is the only NASA astronaut currently on the space station. He flew to the space station in April with the last Soyuz space available for NASA, and is scheduled to return to Earth this fall.

　　On the 12th, NASA announced the agreement. NASA is currently preparing for the first time since the space shuttle was decommissioned in 2011 to transport two astronauts into and out of the International Space Station using American rockets. On May 27, American astronauts Bob Becken and Doug Hurley will be sent to the International Space Station by SpaceX's "Manned Dragon" spacecraft, this is the first time the "Manned Dragon" spacecraft Manned test flight.

　　For this moment, NASA has been waiting for a long time. In 2014, NASA signed a multibillion-dollar contract with SpaceX and Boeing to commission these two companies to manufacture manned spacecraft and send American astronauts from the home to the International Space Station. At present, the two companies are manufacturing and testing the "Manned Dragon" spacecraft and the "Starliner" manned spacecraft, respectively. During this period, NASA has been using the Soyuz spacecraft to send American astronauts in and out of the International Space Station. NASA hopes that this fall will be the last payment to Russia.

　　NASA spokesman Stephanie Schirholz said: "The commercial manned spacecraft in the United States will be put into use, and NASA will no longer need to purchase the Soyuz space."