The Fall 2019 seat would come from Soyuz MS-15 and would be taken from the spaceflight participant who currently occupies the third seat on that mission.
I see in the news this:https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/02/nasa-soyuz-seats-uninterrupted-access-iss/From the outside, it seems that NASA would rather buy launches from the Russians. If SpaceX and Boeing had to go through the same safety validation process that Soyuz went through, how long ago could they have been launching?
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=623824de4ca36a33ca5242b2acee79e5QuoteNASA is considering contracting with the State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" for these services on a sole source basis for two (2) Soyuz seats and associated services to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft vehicle. This transportation would be for one crewmember in the Fall of 2019 and one crewmember in the Spring of 2020.
NASA is considering contracting with the State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" for these services on a sole source basis for two (2) Soyuz seats and associated services to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft vehicle. This transportation would be for one crewmember in the Fall of 2019 and one crewmember in the Spring of 2020.
Quote from: Olaf on 02/15/2019 05:51 pmhttps://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=623824de4ca36a33ca5242b2acee79e5QuoteNASA is considering contracting with the State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" for these services on a sole source basis for two (2) Soyuz seats and associated services to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft vehicle. This transportation would be for one crewmember in the Fall of 2019 and one crewmember in the Spring of 2020.I wonder if NASA & Roscosmos could barder for UAE seat & put them put on a commercial crew vehicle?
What is confusing, is that Soyuz MS-14 (№743) is to be launched without crew. I guess the contracts will be amended in the future, and could explain the absence of №746.
Point of interest, if Starliner CFT arrives at the ISS before Dragon DM2 (almost a certainty at this point) and Starliner remains docked, for full mission duration but DM2 stays for just a few days, then who gets to take home the flag? First one back or first one there?
Quote from: Tomness on 02/15/2019 08:53 pmQuote from: Olaf on 02/15/2019 05:51 pmhttps://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=623824de4ca36a33ca5242b2acee79e5QuoteNASA is considering contracting with the State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" for these services on a sole source basis for two (2) Soyuz seats and associated services to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft vehicle. This transportation would be for one crewmember in the Fall of 2019 and one crewmember in the Spring of 2020.I wonder if NASA & Roscosmos could barder for UAE seat & put them put on a commercial crew vehicle?NASA has zero - absolutely none - interesting in having people pay them for seats for spaceflights to the ISS. And since NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing for the seats on Dragon and Starliner, a spaceflight participant is not going to happen.EDIT (to add): Roscosmos spaceflight participants are always "if no other need for that seat arises" scenarios. The paying UAE citizen will be bumped to a later flight if/when this purchase agreement goes through.
>SpaceX may fly both DM1 and DM2 this year, but unlikely a crewed mission, >
A roundup of manned spaceflight,The most powerful and richest nation on earth after landing people on the moon and launching the most sophisticated and largest spacecraft (shuttle), cannot on launch people into low earth orbit on a capsule.Russia having put the first human into orbit more than half a century ago is still using 1960's design.China, the second largest economy on earth has flown crew a handful of times in more than a decade. Using a copy of the old Soviet design.The EU (ESA), doesn't have any manned spacecraft.It is dismal.
Quote from: daedalus1 on 02/17/2019 06:30 amA roundup of manned spaceflight,The most powerful and richest nation on earth after landing people on the moon and launching the most sophisticated and largest spacecraft (shuttle), cannot on launch people into low earth orbit on a capsule.Russia having put the first human into orbit more than half a century ago is still using 1960's design.China, the second largest economy on earth has flown crew a handful of times in more than a decade. Using a copy of the old Soviet design.The EU (ESA), doesn't have any manned spacecraft.It is dismal.Emphasis mine.That's by ESA's own choice.
Quote from: Roy_H on 02/16/2019 01:42 am>SpaceX may fly both DM1 and DM2 this year, but unlikely a crewed mission, >DM-2 is by definition a crewed mission, or are you talking about a PCM (Post Certification Mission)?
