WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- NASA says it has entered into an agreement with Russia to ferry U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz space capsules.
Under the deal announced Tuesday, six astronauts will be taken to the ISS through 2016 at a total cost of $424 -- $70 million per seat, compared to around $62.7 million per seat under the previous agreement that will run through 2015, SPACE.com reported.