MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. The Russian government has approved negotiations between Roscosmos and NASA on signing a second amendment to the agreement on flights of integrated crews on Russian and American spacecraft. The order, signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, was published on the official website for legal information.

The document stated the need to "accept the proposal of the Roscosmos State Corporation, agreed with the Russian Foreign Ministry and other interested federal executive authorities, to negotiate the signing of a second addendum to the agreement on the implementation of the agreement between Roscosmos and [NASA] on flights of integrated crews on Russian and American manned transport ships."

CEO of the Russian corporation, Yury Borisov, announced back in September that Roscosmos and NASA were working on a new addendum to the agreement on cross-flights to the International Space Station. According to him, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will fly on the Crew Dragon ship in March 2024, and crews will also be formed for 2025.

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson will travel to the ISS on a Russian spacecraft in the spring, according to the Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center.

On July 15, 2022, Roscosmos announced the signing of an agreement for joint cross-flights of Russian and American cosmonauts to the ISS. Oleg Kononenko, Commander of the Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps, stated that the previously signed agreement on cross-flights includes three flights of Russian cosmonauts aboard the American Crew Dragon spacecraft. Roscosmos announced in March that the number of cross-flights to the ISS would be increased by one.