Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation on International Cooperation Sergei Savelyev said that two space tourists could travel to the ISS aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft . after 2023, reports RIA Novosti.
“ We have business clients, I think we will announce them in the fall. In addition, there are serious intentions & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; he said.
According to him, they are not Russians. New tourists will be introduced at the United Arab Emirates Astronautics Congress in October.
Earlier it was reported that Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov & nbsp; planned to appoint & nbsp; the crew commander of the Soyuz spacecraft. with two space tourists for a flight to the ISS in 2023.
Russia plans to withdraw from the ISS project from 2025 and build its own orbital station. It was possible that the United States would transfer responsibility for the Russian segment of the International Space Station.