Kazcosmos wants to send its cosmonaut to ISS as Sarah Brightman replacement

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Kazcosmos wants to send its cosmonaut to ISS as Sarah Brightman replacement

ASTANA. May 26 (Interfax) - Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov may replace singer Sarah Brightman onboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft, which is due to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in September.

"The Russian side has notified us that our cosmonaut may be allowed to fly in September. Sarah Brightman's seat is vacant today. That is why we are considering the possibility of our cosmonaut Aimbetov's flight," Meirbek Moldabekov, deputy chairman of the Kazakh Investment and Development Ministry's aerospace committee (Kazcosmos), told Interfax on Tuesday.