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Kazakh Cosmonauts May Fly To ISS In 2006
Astana, Kazakhstan (UPI) Apr 20, 2005 Two Kazakhstan cosmonauts might fly to the International Space Station next year, local media reported Wednesday. Valery Korzun, first deputy chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, told Khabar television Aidyn Aimbetov and Mukhtar Aymakhanov might go in 2006 if the U.S. space shuttles resume regular flights and additional agreements are reached between Kazakhstan and Russia. Aimbetov and Aymakhanov are completing general space training and are to take the state examination in July. After that, the men could be eligible for space flight in less than a year, Khabar said. "If they are to fly as ... professional cosmonauts they will have to prepare for flying for at least two years," Korzun said. "If they are to fly as researchers ... that is for a short flight, then we will be able to prepare them within eight months after they complete general space training." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
NASA Had No Choice But To Buy Soyuz Flights
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2006NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.6 million for a round-trip ride to the International Space Station this spring, and an equivalent figure for an as-yet-undetermined number of future flights to the station until 2012, represents the agency's acknowledgment that it had no alternative. |
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