In 2022, a completely Russian crew will go to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the Russian Space magazine of the state corporation Roscosmos (.pdf). The launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft with Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov, as well as its docking with the Rassvet module, is scheduled for March 18.
The ship with an all-Russian crew was supposed to leave for the ISS in April. Later, the place on the Soyuz MS-18 went to Mark Vanda Hai. He flew instead of Sergei Korsakov. Roscosmos reported that the replacement was made “at the urgent request of the American side.” NASA claims that it did not pay for the flight, but entered into a contract with Axiom Space in exchange for providing space on the US ship in 2023.
Then it became known that NASA could book another seat on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to deliver it to the ISS. An American Laurel O'Hara, who is undergoing training in Russia on actions in the event of a Soyuz landing on the water surface, may go to the ISS.
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