space sector. will the military x-37 b space plane which is what up a reply on the space x rocket? is a military going to space x starling satellite broadband system? exciting times. a couple different questions. >> guest: first the x-37 which is the really fascinating vehicle that the air force has come like a miniature space shuttle, , reusable space shutte doesn't carry a crew. purely robotic but it carries an array of experiments many of which are classified. in fact, it has launched once on a space x rocket and could again in the future. that partnership has only been initiated between the military in the air force. regarding the starlike network which is spacex's plan to being broadband internet around the world using houses satellite and low-earth orbit, the our military contracts already in place for the army and other breaches and air force are looking at the utility of the star link service to see how and where and when it can be used for military applications ranging from troops in the field to navy ships to even beaming data into pockets of air force planes. >> host: la

while space x.'s dragon crew capsule and its escape system have already been demonstrated in play with mannequins experts say there are no guarantees. meantime only 3 countries have launched people into orbit since 1961 russia the u.s. and china space x. however will be the 1st private company reporting for the news with rick sanchez trying to teach others are. ok we have an opportunity now to do some kind of special that is former international space station commander leroy chiao and we're so glad that we have i'm here because of what's going on right there there is the walkway that they're going to try and remove the astronauts from these 2 poor guys have been sitting there for quite some time they were i why did take so long to get them out of there after they've scrubbed this launch. you know and i've been through a lot of steps before on my 3rd shuttle mission we scripted a number of times and it just takes time to see to be able and you know make it you know make sure that it's seated for that

and we're taking you live to space x. which is in the process of having just docked with the international space station space x. nasa making history of course sending astronauts from u.s. soil up to the international space station what you're looking at right now a piece of. i guess galactic history as the 1st crude mission launched from the united states since the space shuttle program came to an end in 202011 it was bad weather had caused a launch delay on may the 27th the astronauts launched at 322 on saturday from the kennedy space center was there this test flight that's in effect what it is is delivering 2 astronauts robert behnken and douglas hurley to the international space station a moment of space history there they are doing it slightly ahead of schedule this wasn't supposed to happen until precisely 1429 g. but things have gone so well so efficiently they're slightly ahead of the timetable that they had penciled in for that process the hatch was jus to be opened but an international space station and space x.

i do think space x have won an eye on that absolutely everything has been function and safety 1st. he 3d printed helmets through the touchscreens in the module, brand—new spaces, everything is new. every things been put through its paces today. there is a demonstration to go about make sure it works well. so far it looks good. but it really is a new era of space travel. but of course, they still, have to practice, don't they? manual flying, actually take control of this? as libby said they've both flown twice before. although a lot is automated and there's also a lot for the astronauts to do both on launch in accordance with docking coming up in17, 18 launch in accordance with docking coming up in 17, 18 hours. then coming up in 17, 18 hours. then coming back. there is always plenty for astronauts to do. yes, 19 hours of flight. much to do on board but they also need to get some rest. let's watch the launch again. three, two, one, zero, ignition, lift off! go nassar, does space ask! godspeed bob and doug. america has launched! and so rises a new era of american space flight and the

astronauts on board nasa has joined operation with a long lost space x. will mean the end of hitching rides with russia to the international space station i could see commercial space tourism on the horizon. if all goes to plan it will be the dawning of a new era in space travel that the launch of the full kanai rocket with its manned dragon capsule will end america's dependence on russia for access to space the joint operation between nasa and space x. led by the pay pal and tesla founder iran musk should open up much cheaper space travel. you would have never thought you know after we landed atlantis back in 2011 that you know 9 years later we would be where we are in some ways and it's. better than i would have imagined and so many of. the space shuttles used in the past were enormous complex and massively expensive every flight swallowed up half a $1000000000.00 with space x. the cost should be somewhere between $60.00 and $90000000.00 the track and capsule is much smaller than a space shuttle and the interior is more sophisticated than this tesla car

a successful launch could give space x. a head start in commercial space and travel tourism its rival the boeing starliner end of the test flight early because of a software problem so space x. is crew being careful not to raise expectations there are just so many technical factors and things that we need to focus on to make sure that we pull this off that our place and history or you know even trying to put our names in the same sentence as the folks who have come before us is it seems premature until and till we until we've pulled it off and. if there are problems with the launch rocket the capsule can detach itself and make an emergency landing extensive testing has so far yielded positive results. i believe the only negative results have been the astronauts tests because of it 19. there's always issues space is hard obviously but we want to hit all the hit all the boxes do everything we need to do to demonstrate that this vehicle is capable of taking ash now it's up from u.s. soil. as often as nasa will allow us to do so. after a 19 hour flight the astronauts will stay in orbit fo

space x. the test mission is being heralded as a new era in space travel with the private sector propelling not only astronauts into space but anyone who can afford the ticket to write. that. or. you. hear of it is that. either. a lift off for the history books for the 1st time ever a privately developed spacecraft has entered days or space with us tonight some boards the falcon x. rocket blasted off from the kennedy space center with u.s. president donald trump watching from the grimed. this is the 1st big space message in 50 years think of the. and it is an honor to be delivering it. today as we gather in this special place to celebrate not only the large of a new state square but also our nation's gold and dry off and return to the stars the beginning of a new era for us space exploration understanding achievement for us company space x. it comes after 18 years of experimentation and setbacks. space x. founder musk became emotional speaking of the challenges that still lie ahead i think it

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at space x headquarters in hawthorne, california, we met the astronauts training to be its first crew. >> coming out here, it's a real motivator. this work force is so young. they're excited about what they do. they're passionate about what they do, and it kind of reinvigorates you about why you got into the business so many years ago. >> for apollo 11, the average age of a flight controller was 26. there is precedent for this. >> obviously we weren't there, but i would certainly say the nasa of the '60s was not drastically unlike space x of now. learning as they go, learning about flying in space, learning the hard lessons and being successful. >> start and lift off. >> reporter: hard lessons like this one in 2015. a falcon 9 rocket lifting cargo to the space station disintegrated minutes after lift off. >> and we appear to have had a launch vehicle failure. >> reporter: and last year another setback when a crew dragon capsule exploded during a ground test. >> while it's disappointing, it also can be a real gift to the final design. >> reporter: the company embraced its failures. >>

total to a team led by blue origin which is owned by jeff bezos a team led by knight medics and to space x. controversies aside all eyes next week will be on the sky as the demo 2 crew blasts off in what is expected to be a new era in human space flight for r t john hurt it. if given the opportunity to save lives would you and if so how far would you go how much risk would you take on those are all vital questions for anyone taking part in scientific studies that would be lifesaving vaccines though the risk may be high the reward appears to be greater as thousands of young adults are volunteering to catch public 90 in an effort to fast track an effective vaccine the one day sooner campaign is an initiative that is seeking hoping young adults to participate in a human challenge trial this is a very different type of strategy traditional vaccine trials take much longer they have a broad group of participants and test the treatment under real world conditions by sending participants home to their normal lives they test time and time again effects e and placebo groups this is why they are poor

it is being done as a joint venture between nasa and space-x, private company. i talked earlier with the administrator of nasa, jim bridenstine about the relationship and what each party brings to the launch. we are largely focused on the international space station but we are also the customer for this launch. at the mission management team goes to the countdown sequence, we will have nasa engineers and nasa flight directors side-by-side with the space-x engineers and flight directors and if at any point we feel uncomfortable with the direction they are going, we can halt the launch. what nasa is trying to do, we are trying to create a robust commercial marketplace in low-earth orbit great we need space-x to get customers that are not nasa. we want to be a customer, but we want to be one of many customers. what we are doing is giving space-x a lot of leash. we have contracted for them to do the launch independently, but make no mistake, our engineers and our technicians have been involved in the developing of this capability, and our astronauts have been involve

company space x. it comes after 18 years of experimentation and setbacks your character space x. founder musk became emotional speaking of the challenges that still lie ahead i think it was like the return is. more dangerous in some ways than this and so would order to declare victory. we need to bring him home safely. they are. going to talk tough here so. it's really of us i don't i'm going to talk to a dragon veteran astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are due to spend 2 months at the international space station before the perilous return to earth let's bring in mark macaque ran from east that which is the european space agency in the netherlands mark thanks for joining us so this is being called a new era in space travel do you also see it that way well 1st things 1st you know it was a very nervous occasion yesterday and very very happy to see both doug and bald safely on orbit it's a new vehicle so it's great that everything went well we have to remember that it's the 1st of a series of new vehicles which will be taking astronauts including european nationals into space i

this flight will be the 1st ever blast off with passengers on board for space x. the historic flight is a milestone for the company and its space capsule the crew dragon. the crew dragon is designed to require minimal input from its passengers once the astronauts are done flying the capsule manually near the space station and autonomy docking system should kick in allowing the vehicle to fly itself towards the i s s and hook itself onto an open docking port there the americans will meet their russian cosmonaut counterparts and if you listen to larry king they will be like 4 peas in a pod of course they're in their boat explorers they love it and then sure it's very hard to celebrate it too because the months of me as she loves to i need to be very brave explorers of space if this mission goes right space x. hopes to send the crew dragon to the eye assess again in the fall with 3 americans and one japanese astronaut on board which could signal the beginning of routine commercial flights into space although it may not be as exciting as the u.s. russia space race to s

company space x. it comes after 18 years of experimentation and setbacks your character space x. founder musk became emotional speaking of the challenges that still lie ahead i think it was knowing that the return is were more dangerous in some ways than the ascent so would order declare victory. we need for your home safely. but. they're. good to talk to here so. it's really this is. going to drag a veteran astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are due to spend 2 months at the international space station before the perilous return to earth where. some spots now owned by new nick are well and truly on track with their 8th consecutive bundesliga title going into sunday's clash against struggling side this will die off they were unbeaten in their 11 previous games and strikeout robert leaven was once again a mining gradient of this success. robert leavened off skis hunger to score is insatiable but he was made to wait against this week's opponents. and then it was fortunate center back zonker who put munich in front with this own goal. dismal storage for the struggling visitors. s

. >> host: >> , government coverage of nasa of the space x crew dragon spacecraft which will launch to the couch mathematician space center in florida. this logic is a first manned space mission to launch and use soil since 2011. today's launch scheduled for 4:30 p.m. eastern. live coverage gets underway shortly. while we wait here's a portion of yesterdays nasa briefing. >> hello. i'm with nasa's office communications and thank you joining us today as we have one day to launch this tort nasa/spacex mission. we move into this press conference indoors originally planned for the countdown clock to do with but good news. the weather has improved and right now with 60% chance of favorable weather for lunch. we will have lots about the launch of a great guest today. we have bob cabana, director for the candy space to come jim bridenstine, administrator, commercial crew astronauts, and nasa deputy administrator jim or more hard. we'll be hearing more from them in a minute but first let's talk to bob. >> thanks. good morning and welcome to get space center. i don't have to do how exciting it

as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to put red tape bureaucratic red tape that down nasa has to deal with there and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can do it better cheaper and faster while maintaining the safety as well. time for dollar short break here al-jazeera when we come back. the article the drive in movie style they're proving to be a modern day to a pandemic or to mourn the status. i am. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because the lawyer doesn't mean it's cannot be approached what about the guy that can afford it in that case tell these wate

. >> the count down has begun to next week's historic launch of the space x. crew dragon. elon musk's rocket will be carrying two astronauts to the space station. it marks the dawn of a new era in commercial space travel. mark strassmann introduces us to the astronauts who will be piloting the craft. >> doug hurley. >> reporter: their introduction deserved to be splashy. >> bob benkin. >> reporter: bob and doug are space x's inaugural crew. they'll launch in the company's reusable rocket, the falcon 9, annd the of a n tthe s station. both men flew on space shuttles. both have traveled twice before to the space station. hurley piloted atlantis there in 2011. >> roger, atlanta. >> reporter: final flight of the shuttle program. and you didn't know whether you'd floy again or for whom. >> i wasn't sure i wanted to fly again to be honest with you. >> reporter: you're a nasa astronaut about to step into a space x. capsule. >> it's completely different than what you'd imagine yourself doing. >> reporter: hurley 53 grew up in upstate new york. he was an athletic kid who went to tul

down is on the space x. dragon spacecraft is set to launch wednesday at 4 33 pm and historic flight piloted by 2 veteran astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley who've been gearing up for the mission for months the an audible flight of the dragon x. could certainly herald in a new era in human space flight setting the stage for generations to come it marks the 1st attempt by a private company in the u.s. to send astronauts into orbit and so far so good nasa and space x. officials report no significant technical issues but the stormy weather hitting florida this week could pose a potential problem as nasa and space x. officials are tracking the weather from florida on up the eastern seaboard of the united states and into canada and beyond we are monitoring that weather and along that we were monitoring a lot of the same things we're looking at winds we're looking at lightning or a clear perception taishan we're actually looking at waves we're looking at way velocity in wave height because we need to make sure

it's called pica, the material is now manufactured by space-x. auts return to space for the first time from american soil in nine years. in recent years, american astronauts were launched by russian rockets after the space-x crew dragon capsule that will carry astronauts to the international space station. >> tools have been utilized to look at the aerodynamics of the vehicle itself and the abort system if that's needed. >> reporter: even as the space program becomes a public/private partnership moving forward, nasa will conduct research as they're transported into space. cell and tissue growth continues to be of interest in low-gravity environments. >> we'll take advantage of this new capability of launching both people and cargo to station where we will have our payloads taken up and payloads returned after research has been done by our scientists. >> reporter: the shift to commercial partners in space does require more care in the transfer of technology and intellectual property. over the past 18 years, space-x has gone from a scrappy start-up

company space x. it comes after 18 years of experimentation and setbacks. space x. founder most became emotional speaking of the challenges that still lie ahead i think it was like with the return is we're more dangerous in some ways than b.s. and so would order to declare victory. we need for your home safely. we have a bet. there are. going to talk to up here so. there are it's really even. though i don't i'm going to talk to a. veteran astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are due to spend 2 months at the international space station before the perilous return to earth. not something i'd be rushing to do even if i could afford it you're watching it date of a new news i'll have an update for you at the top of the hour till then you can stay up to date on our web site that's dot com time to get to follow us on twitter and instagram too and d.-w. news i'm rebecca written for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks very much for. the word in to listen. to be told the pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world.

a space x. rocket blast off from florida with 2 nasa astronauts on board launching a new era of commercial space travel. hello thanks for joining us minneapolis is gearing up for another night of violent protests after unrest over the death of a black man at the hands of police officers spread to more u.s. cities so the governor of minnesota says he's fully mobilizing the national guard for the 1st time in the state's history but warns he still doesn't have enough troops president trump says the all 4 days there need to get tougher he offered to send in the national military this wall appearing to encourage a counter protest by his own supporters friday nights all clashes in atlanta houston new york and other cities while in 1000 year old man was killed in detroit when shots were fired from an s.u.v. into a crowd of protesters the considering protests came despite derek chauvin that's the police officer who knelt on george floyd's neck being charged with murder and the u.s. attorney general has f

if this mission goes right space x. hopes to send the crew dragon to the i assess again in the fall with 3 americans and one japanese astronaut on board which could signal the beginning of routine commercial flights into space. although it may not be as exciting as the u.s. russia space race to some the prospect of international cooperation and expanding our knowledge of space it's all many need to be inspired nations or corporations or both teamwork seems to be essential if we are to see progress in space and a renewed interest in the cosmos for news with rick sanchez i'm alex my love it. while this is been a day of breaking news and we've got some more for you coming now from the word. sports steve chris dodd told us yesterday this was coming down and we talked about it has arrived the n.h.l. yes in the past hour the commissioner gary bettman did announce that they're moving forward with that 24 team playoff format we talked about yesterday right now he said it will be all the details like we said the top 4 seeds get a

and liftoff the historic space x. mission to the international space station is safely underway the expedition marks the 1st flight into space from us saw in the early a decade private company or billionaire in long musk space x. launched 2 nasa astronauts into orbit volatile weather conditions threatens to postpone the laws for a 2nd time but come a conditions prevailed president of the trump or president kennedy space center for the historic low. a more on this story now from science writer keith cowing he's the editor of the space news web site nasa watch how is the 2nd this 2nd attempt was successful what makes it so important welcome past half century america has been launching its astronauts and rockets made by our government mostly ours but for the past 9 years we've been buying seats on a russian rocket so this is the 1st time in the history of the american space program that an american crew has been launched an american rocket the remember a rocket made by my that company is supposed to mean that the governm

and despite stormy weather a space x. prepares to become the 1st private company to send astronauts to the international space station. hello thank you for joining us the u.s. secretary of state has the leverage a withering statement on china saying it's abandoning its commitment to preserve hong kong's autonomy might compel says the proposed national security legislation for hong kong is a disastrous decision and means the city no longer warrants especially economic treatment that's a move that puts at risk billions of dollars in trade in a statement from peo said no reasonable person can assert today that hong kong maintain maintains a high degree of autonomy from china given facts on the ground he want all the saying it is now clear that china is modeling hong kong after itself from bill finished with the promise that the united states stands with the people of hong kong as they struggle against the chinese communist party's increasing the nihil of the autonomy that they will promise to live now to white house correspon

thank you from the 2 astronauts in the space x. dragon successfully docked at the blasting off on saturday that began a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years talking nasa tied its space shuttle fleet at the met by 2 russian cosmonauts and an american who's been in orbit since april derrick pitts is chief astronomer for the franklin institute science space and in the u.s. he says that the mission opens the door for a new phase in space exploration everyone is proud this truly is a historic a moment because this is another step toward opening access to low earth orbit in space and a much lower cost and this also will be the 1st steps towards the next big adventure in space exploration astronauts returning to the moon in just a couple of years and then building up the skill and the infrastructure for a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to red tape york radical red tape that down

that a space x. rocket thunders away from earth to nasa astronauts aboard a new era for commercial space travel. but everyone protests against racism and spread to even more u.s. cities becoming violent in many of them what began as demonstrations over the death of george floyd after being arrested has real woken a national outrage about deaths blamed on police we'll start with this from mike hanna. what started out as peaceful protests in dozens of cities a ruptured in violence in los angeles police vehicles were set on fire sending plumes of black smoke over the area. similar scenes in cities ranging from seattle where a 5 pm curfew has been set to miami where thousands gathered through the day and where like in so many other areas a standoff with police ended in clouds of tear gas in chicago where demonstrators held signs carrying messages of protest that were repeated throughout the nation. in new york a city that is still to emerge from the ravages of the pandemic a series of protests took place

nasa and space-x are set to carry two astronauts to the international space station. will the weather cooperate? >> plus, protests erupt in minneapolis after the death of a black man in police custody, a disturbing video shows a police officer with his knee on george floyd's neck as he says repeatedly he can't breathe. we'll be live there. >>> also, coronavirus cases spiking again in brazil. more deaths there in the past few days than in the united states. nick paton walsh is there live. >> on copacabana beach, there's still quite a lot of activity despite a lockdown being put in place and mandatory face masks. after my dvt blood clot, i wondered. could another come around the corner. or could it play out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98% of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor te

astronauts will blast off from the kind of the space center in florida on the inaugural flight on the space x. dragon space ship to run the blue with the international space station of throwing an important mission that could very well mark the beginning of a new chapter in space flight are 2 correspondent john hardy has more from miami florida. astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley arrived at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral florida this week as they gear up for their major mission to space they'll be the 1st astronauts to pilot the space x. dragon spacecraft for the scheduled takeoff may 27th from the same launch pad that the spatial atlantis blasted off from in 2011 closing out the shuttle program the demo 2 crew as they're called said they were excited and ready for the mission for hurley it's somewhat of a homecoming he was one of the 4 astronauts who arrived at the kennedy space center on july 4th 2011 for that final space shuttle flight so it's incredibly humbling to be here to start out the next. watch from the united states. also want to thank the incredible men and women

it's a test for elon musk's space x to revolutionize human travel to space. unlike previous spacecraft, their vehicle will be all touch screen. it will take the two-man crew 19 hours to reach the international space station, where they will dock for at least one month. >> we're going to do it in the face of a pandemic. where there's a will there's a way, and there's been will to make this happen and we're just proud to be a part of it. >> we are going to be there every step of the way. abc news and abc news live are partnering with national geographic and will provide live coverage. join me and linsey davis with several astronauts as we cover it all. that's wednesday starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> we return tonight to our special series "pandemic, a nation divided." the coronavirus taking a special toll on communities of color. for many of the doctors and first responder who is take care of the sick, it's family. here's rachel scott. >> i just finished my shift. >> reporter: dr. marina del rios now sees her own family in the >> almost every patient that i

. >>> the much-anticipated space-x shuttle launch got scrubbed today minutes before launch. why and when they will try again. the 49ers celebrating the class of 2020 with a virtual graduation. no football here. but the ceremony will be extra special for the team. >> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. sunny and hot today. but things are starting to cool. and i'll show you something about some rain chances ahead, and your phone app, what it is not showing you right now, see you in about seven minutes. we're all doing our part by staying at home. that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. >>> unfortunately, we are not going to launch today. >> a lot of us who have gathered around to see the brawn of this afternoon, it did not happen. history postponed. the much anticipated launch of the first astronaut crew for space-x, was scrubbed today, just minutes before takeoff. weather is to blame. low clouds and lightn

this was a failed test of the space x rocket happened today in texas space.he rocket had a private lunch site exploded, no injuries were reported. the fire burned about 40 minutes tomorrow space x's at last word anyway planning a manned launch from. >>cape canaveral florida. it would be the first launch of a manned craft from us soil in more than a decade. time to check in on the forecast, let's go to bruce or rodriguez, so we know some rain headed our of greece uh. >>yeah that's right but first let's take a look at that space x launch forecast because it is going to be some pretty interesting whether there is a slight chan of isolated thunderstorms very warm and muggy conditions remnants of tropical storm bertha impacting that launch site out there right now in florida. so fifty-fifty chance on saturday very similar on sunday as well so i wouldn't be surprised if both launches are scrubbed for this weekend. but i am tracking. drier better clearing by next week the first week of june believe it or not katherine so keeping our fingers crossed that this weekend

we will watch that space x launch, if he right now. todd: there it is, a beautiful shot, ten hours away, 4:00 this afternoon. neil cavuto will have that, they will spend two astronaut into space, something that hasn't happened in a long time. jillian: first time since 2011, the dragon capsule scheduled at 4:3:03 pm eastern time from launch pad 39 a, the machine is called demo 2 and those two astronauts, doug hurley and bob behnkin. all eyes will be there today. todd: every day in the summertime storms flareup, so hot and humid. jillian: ten minutes after the hour the lone star state waiting in the wings, the president has plans to host the rnc in charlotte. todd: louis goehmert explains why he thinks texas would be the perfect plan b for this big event. ♪ yoo-hoo, progressive shoppers. we laughed with you. sprinkles are for winners. we surprised you. on occasion, we've probably even annoyed you. we've done this all with one thing in mind. to help protect the things you love. and if we can't offer you the best price we'll help you find a

astronauts retired marine corps colonel doug hurley an air force colonel bob franken will take flight in space x. crew dragon capsule atop the company's felt in 9 rocket the rocket will take off from the historic pad 39 a florida's kennedy space center the same starting point of apollo era era missions including the moon landing in 1990 now after the falcon 9 launches the crew dragon into the upper atmosphere the capsule will separate from the rocket and begin heading towards the space station the falcon 9 rocket will then return to earth where it is supposed to land on a drone ship in the atlantic ocean northeast of cape canaveral for reuse this also marks the 1st launch of u.s. astronauts from u.s. soil since 2011 since then the only way to set astronauts to the i s s has been on russian rockets launched from kazakhstan now when it comes to the cost of these flights a 200-1000 report from nasa is office of the inspector general says seats on russian soyuz launches have cost as much as $86000000.00 each and roughly $55000000.00 on average over those last 10 years of the same report estimates se