Roscosmos selects first cosmonaut for commercial crew flightsby Jeff Foust — December 9, 2021
Anna Kikina, the only woman currently in the Russian cosmonaut corps, will fly on a commercial crew mission to the space station in the fall of 2022, the head of Roscosmos said Dec. 8. Credit: RoscosmosWASHINGTON — The head of Roscosmos announced Dec. 8 that the agency has selected the first cosmonaut to go on a SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station, although a seat barter agreement between NASA and Roscosmos is still being finalized.
Dmitry Rogozin, director general of Roscosmos, tweeted Dec. 8 that cosmonaut Anna Kikina will go to the ISS in the fall of 2022 “as part of the crew of an American commercial spacecraft.” In exchange, a NASA astronaut would be part of a crew of a Soyuz mission to the station launching in the same time frame.
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