OREANDA-NEWS. May 26, 2011. Program of space tourist flights may face a year delay, Roscosmos Human Spaceflight Directorate Head Alexey Krasnov stated.
According to him, an additional Soyuz vehicle to be built by RSC-Energia for space tourists might be produced in 2014 instead of 2013. The delay is dependent on Roscosmos partner Space Adventures which is to collect required number of is not able to provide necessary number of solvent candidates in August 2011.
"We are pressed for time. This year our partners have to confirm feasibility of the commercial Soyuz mission project", Krasnov said.