NASA on Friday placed a request to perform the second manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by the American company Boeing, the agency reported. “After receiving the certificate NASA, one of the ships Boeing CST-100 Starliner and Crew Dragon will have to commit to a two-run station in the year. Accommodation is now an application for the mission is for us a course for a sustainable future aboard the space station, “- leads the” RIA Novosti “According to the manager of the manned program NASA Katie Leyders.
In NASA accommodation the application for the second manned mission to the ISS Boeing after obtaining the necessary certificates is considered an important step. A similar effect in relation to the Boeing Company was taken in May, and then in November, NASA placed an order for the implementation of the first manned flight by SpaceX.
Dates of upcoming operations and that some of the companies will make a manned the first mission, to be determined. Under contract with NASA Boeing is building the ship CST-100 Starliner, SpaceX is developing a manned spacecraft on the basis of the cargo capsule Dragon.
Recall the International Space Station will remain in orbit until at least 2028 . Thereafter, it can be used only when the overhaul. In an interview with American newspaper Politico said NASA Director Charles Bolden. According to him, the same view is held by Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan. The head of the US space agency said that after the 2028 failure will leave the solar panels and their components. The station is the “ideal model of international cooperation,” concluded Mr. Bolden.
For more information about the use of the ISS, read the article “Kommersant FM» «only in international cooperation the future of the cosmos” .
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