Russia halts space tours as U.S. retires Shuttle

news date Mar.03.2010 - 9:33 am

STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) – Russia announced a halt to space tourism on Wednesday, saying it would struggle to ferry professional crews to the International Space Station after the U.S. mothballs its shuttle fleet this year. NASA plans four more shuttle flights to the $100-billion, 16-nation space outpost before retiring its three shuttles by the end of the year. Russia … Original post

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