A flight of a Saudi Arabian national to the International Space Station (ISS) originally scheduled for April 2019 has been postponed because of the October 11 abortive launch of a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket but will take place next year anyway, chief of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rorogizn said on Monday.

"The schedule has been somewhat changed due to the Soyuz accident. But I think we will fulfil our obligations concerning the flight of a Saudi Arabian national in 2019," he said.