SpaceX Wins Roscosmos’ Backing To Fly Cosmonauts

SpaceX Crew Dragon
Credit: NASA
DUBAI—After conducting four crewed spaceflights, including a commercial mission without NASA oversight, SpaceX has won Russia’s backing to fly cosmonauts on its Crew Dragon spacecraft, Dmitry Rogozin, director general of Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos, said on Oct. 25. “In our view, SpaceX has...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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