Russia to stop ferrying US astronauts to ISS from April 2019
Russia's contract with NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to expire in April 2019. Under the current contract, American astronauts use the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in order to reach the ISS and return back home. USA is currently looking to finalize a replacement in the form of a manned SpaceX Dragon capsule.