Russia May Cut Number Of Cosmonauts On Space Station

Credit: ISS: NASA
HOUSTON—Roscosmos, the Russian state space corporation, has told its International Space Station partners that to save costs it may reduce from three to two the number of cosmonauts assigned full time to the six-person International Space Station, a high-ranking NASA station program official says...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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