Crew of first private mission to ISS named

It is noted that former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria became the mission commander.

American investor Larry Connor, Canadian investor Mark Pati and Israeli investor Eitan Stibbe will also go to the station.

Earlier, the company "Glavkosmos" (part of "Roskosmos") spoke about plans to provide four seats in the Soyuz MS spacecraft for space tourists in the period 2022-2023.