The super-fast two-orbit scheme of the manned spacecraft’s flight to the International Space Station (ISS) tested by Russia’s Soyuz MS-17 spaceship will open possibilities for unprofessional cosmonauts’ travel to the orbiter, Roscosmos Chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. This reported by TASS.

The Soyuz MS-17 manned spacecraft launched atop a Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 08:45 a.m. Moscow time on October 14 reached the space station within a record time of three hours and three minutes, docking with the orbital outpost at 11:48 a.m. Moscow time.

"This is a big step towards further developing crewed space. This opens additional possibilities for unprofessional cosmonauts for flights to the station as they do not need long-term adaptation," the Roscosmos chief said.

Russia’s state commission is very much satisfied with the results of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft’s super-fast flight to the International Space Station, the Roscosmos chief said.