Enough Water, Food, Oxygen Onboard Iss - Russian Space Mission Control
Posted on: Saturday, 1 October 2005, 21:00 CDT
KOROLYOV, Moscow region. Oct 1 (Interfax) - The International Space Station has enough supplies of water, food, and oxygen to accommodate the crew of the Soyuz-TMA-7 spacecraft, chief of the program of the Russian segment at the ISS Vladimir Solovyov told journalists at the space mission control in Korolyov on Saturday after he was asked if everything is ready for the Soyuz's docking with the ISS.
Solovyov recalled that the functioning of an oxygen-regenerating system at the ISS has been restored.
The Soyuz-TMA-7 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, NASA astronaut William McArthur and U.S. space tourist Greg Olsen was launched from the Russian space center Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Saturday morning.
The Soyuz is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Monday morning.
Russian-U.S. negotiations on financing Russian flights to the ISS are proceeding successfully, Solovyov said.
"I believe there is some progress. It might be not very energetic, but in comparison with what was a year ago, you can say the things have begun to move," he said.
Following the Columbia space shuttle disaster, Russia has taken on all commitments to deliver cargoes and astronauts to the ISS. However, starting from 2006, Russian commitments will be considered fulfilled, and the U.S. would have to finance the flights of Russian cargo and manned spacecraft to the orbiting station.
At the same time, the U.S. legislation limiting the U.S. financing of Russian space programs due to accusations that Russia violated the nonproliferation regime in Iran is still in force.
Negotiations on launching the fourth space tourist are also in progress, Solovyov said, adding that a waiting list of those wishing to fly to outer space has been drawn up.
Olsen, the third tourist in space, paid $20 million under a contract between the Russian Federal Space Agency and the U.S. company Space Adventures.
Source: Daily News Bulletin; Moscow - English
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