Ruang kosong ing kapsul ruang angkasa Soyuz bisa ngidini turis ruang angkasa liyane lelungan menyang Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional ing wulan September, ujare Badan Angkasa Federal Rusia. Space Adventures milih calon penerbangan kasebut.

Sadurungé dilaporake manawa penerbangan Charles Simonyi menyang ISS ing wulan April bisa dadi perjalanan ruang komersial pungkasan kanggo wektu sing suwe, nanging amarga Kazakhstan narik kosmonot metu saka ekspedisi sabanjure, bisa uga ana kursi gratis ing Soyuz TMA 16, tumuju menyang ISS ing September.

"Anggota ekspedisi anyar bisa uga dadi kosmonot Rusia profesional utawa turis luar angkasa," Vitaly Davydov, wakil kepala perusahaan ruang angkasa Roscosmos dikutip dening kantor berita Rosbalt nalika dina Jumuah. "Kita kepencet wektu, lan ing awal Mei kita kudu nggawe keputusan."

Davydov ujar Roscosmos wis ngubungi Space Adventures, lan perusahaan kasebut cepet-cepet nggoleki calon penerbangan kasebut.

Nanging, ujare, ora mungkin Space Adventures bakal ngusulake pengusaha Jepang Daisuke Enomoto kanggo penerbangan kasebut. Enomoto ditemokake ora layak mabur menyang ISS ing taun 2006 amarga alasan medis, sanajan dokter ujar manawa kesehatane bisa ngidini dheweke mabur ing wektu sabanjure.

Davydov nambahake yen Roskosmos bisa uga ngusulake MP Rusia Gruzdev kanggo lelungan kasebut, "yen wis siyap."

Nganti saiki, Space Adventures lan agensi antariksa Rusia wis ngirim menyang ISS enem panjelajah ruang angkasa pribadi: Dennis Tito, Mark Shuttleworth, Gregory Olsen, Anousheh Ansari, Richard Garriot lan Charles Simonyi.

APA sing kudu dijupuk saka ARTIKEL INI:

It was earlier reported that Charles Simonyi's flight to the ISS in April may be the last commercial space travel for a long time but, since Kazakhstan pulled its cosmonaut out of the next expedition, there may be a free seat aboard Soyuz TMA 16, heading for the ISS in September.
Papan sing kosong ing kapsul ruang angkasa Soyuz bisa uga ngidini para turis papan liyane lelungan menyang Stasiun Luar Angkasa Internasional ing wulan September, ujare Badan Antariksa Federal Rusia.
“The new expedition member may be a professional Russian cosmonaut or a space tourist,” Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of the Roscosmos space corporation was quoted by Rosbalt news agency as saying Friday.