We know when Russia will send an astronaut into orbit with an Elon Musk capsule

It turns out that The first Russian cosmonaut It will fly into orbit in America Dragon capsules from SpaceX Faster than we thought, already through the mission Crew 5. It is scheduled for September 2022. A week ago, the Crew-2 crew returned to Earth, and the Crew-3 crew consisting of Raja Chari (NASA), Tom Marshburn (NASA), Matthias Maurer (ESA) and Kayla Barron (NASA) flew into space.

Unfortunately, the personal details of the Russian cosmonaut have not yet been revealed. However, we know the other crew members: Nicole Onapo Mann (NASA), Josh A. Cassada (NASA) and Koichi Wakata (JAXA). Interestingly, Dmitry Rogozin, President of Roscosmos, announced this In one never ending journey. Russia is planning two missions at the moment, the Crew-5 i Crew 6. The latter is scheduled to be held in the first quarter of 2023.

Experts from the world space industry He emphasized that this event is so important that until recently he blamed Rogozin Ilona Mosca | To destroy the global space industry with its reusable rockets and set dump prices for launching cargo into orbit.

Unfortunately, the reality of the enormous costs incurred by Russia in organizing space missions for its crews International Space Station And from year to year, the decline of the industry in our neighbor meant that Rogozin had to take advantage of the offer NASA and SpaceX. It must be emphasized very strongly that we are talking about Russian flights on board Car owned by a private company.

Not so long ago, Rogozin swore that without Russia’s help, NASA would send astronauts into space on a launch pad. I have actually verified these words. In February, the Americans will send their most powerful rocket on their first trip around the moon space launch system With the Orion capsule, a little later, such a flight will be carried out by Starship by SpaceX, and in the meantime, the capsule will fly to the International Space Station starliner and the Dream Chaser mini shuttle.

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