Mission aboard ISS aims to get in first before a Hollywood project involving actor Tom Cruise with NASA and SpaceX
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying Nasa astronauts lifts off heading towards the International Space Station on May 30 2020. Picture: REUTERS/JOE SKIPPER
The four were scheduled to be launched on a Soyuz MS-19 craft at 8.55am GMT and dock hours later at the station, which orbits Earth at an altitude of about 354km. The fanfare contrasts with the mixed fortunes of Russia’s own space industry which has in recent years been dogged by delays, accidents and corruption scandals as US-based private firms backed by rich businesspeople have developed new spacecraft.
The Russian mission is designed to get in first before a Hollywood project announced earlier this year by actor Tom Cruise with NASA and SpaceX.
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