NASA Rejects Russian Request for Year-Long ISS Expedition

NASA has nixed Russia's request for a year-long expedition to the International Space Station to free up a Soyuz "taxi seat" for a paying customer. The U.S. agency told its Russian partner the station's "reduced operational state" while the space shuttle is grounded would make it difficult to keep a...

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