The NASA space agency is ready to allocate more than $1 billion for missions to deliver astronauts to the International
What is known
In the current agreement between the agency andSpaceX will receive an addition according to which Elon Musk's company will receive an additional $1.4 billion to carry out five missions to deliver astronauts to the ISS.
The agreement provides for the usethe Crew Dragon spacecraft and the Falcon-9 launch vehicle. In addition, NASA will have uninterrupted access to the International Space Station for eight years (until 2030).
At the moment, the Crew-4 crew is working on the ISS,but already in the middle of autumn, Crew-5 should go to the station. The new agreement between NASA and SpaceX involves the implementation of the missions Crew-10, ..., Crew-14. Note that US President Joe Biden (Joe Biden) allowed the use of the International Space Station until 2030.
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