Countries participating in the ISS approved formulations 2 crews in 2017 – “Voronezh Courier” – the newspaper online

It is necessary to indicate that in public administration Aeronautics and Space Administration has reported that Crews approved by all relevant authorities. It is reported by TASS referring to NASA.

The structure of the 51 th Russian cosmonaut crew will Oleg Novitsky , Alexander Misurkin and Nikolai Tikhonov , the astronauts NASA Peggy Whitson and Mark Vande Hey and astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Thomas Dog .

52nd expedition will be formed from the citizens of Russia Misurkin , Tikhonov and Fyodor Yurchikina, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hay (Mark Vande Hei) and Jack Fisher (Jack Fischer), and Besides ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli (Paolo Nespoli). The latter two will fly into orbit for the first time.

 

Recall that NASA planned to abandon the assistance of the Russian Federation to send astronauts to the ISS . According to the plan, Boeing and SpaceX have to build it to 2017, but the management NASA fears that schedule will not be able to sustain due to lack snobzheniya money.

The US space agency has published lists of ISS Expedition in 2017.