The U.S. and Russian space agencies said they have agreed to resume having crew members ride to the International Space Station on each others’ rockets.
The arrangement with Roscosmos will send an integrated crew to the space station in September, NASA said Friday in an emailed news release. Crews shared rides during the U.S. space shuttle program that ended in 2011.
The agreement will promote cooperation, and ensure there’s at least one cosmonaut and one astronaut on board in case there’s an emergency involving a Russian or U.S. spacecraft, Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a statement.
