The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has found a sponsor to build a spacecraft that will bring space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2011, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov said.

FARNBOROUGH, UK. July 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian budgetary expenditure on space exploration will more than double in 2009, Federal Space Agency Deputy Director Vitaly Davydov told Interfax- AVN at the Farnborough Air Show.

FARNBOROUGH (UK).

MOSCOW. Jan 10 (Interfax) - Between 25 and 28 spaceships are to be launched in accordance with Russia's space exploration program in 2007, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) deputy chief Vitaly Davydov said in an interview posted on the agency's official website on Wednesday.

MOSCOW. Nov 28 (Interfax) - An additional 1.8 billion rubles is to be allocated to the Federal Program for the Development of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) from the 2006 federal budget, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov told journalists on Tuesday.