NASA bought seats in Russia’s Soyuz rocket amid SpaceX’s historic manned spaceflight preparation
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SpaceX is preparing for its historic manned rocket launch in the space later this month. Amid that, NASA has struck a deal with Russian space agency Roscosmos to allow one US astronaut into space aboard a Soyuz rocket. The sum paid for the deal has not been disclosed by Roscosmos but NASA spokesperson said that they had paid $90.25 million, which includes cost of the flight, training, pre-launch and post-landing services.