ISS, December 9, 2021 (BSS/TASS) - The TASS news agency became the first
world media organization to operate aboard the International Space Station
(ISS) by establishing a news office in orbit. The agency will report on the
life and work of the station. News, photos and videos will be available
across TASS websites.

   Russian cosmonaut, Hero of Russia, Alexander Misurkin became the first
TASS special reporter in space. He arrived at the station aboard the Soyuz
MS-20 spacecraft, together with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his
associate Yozo Hirano.

   Misurkin will report on various experiments and tests carried out aboard
the station.

   On November 17, TASS and Roscosmos signed a memorandum on cooperation.
Commenting on the memorandum, TASS CEO Sergey Mikhailov said that it is a
great honor for all TASS employees to have cosmonauts as colleagues, while
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed his certainty that opening a TASS
office on the ISS will make it possible to share news about the Russian space
industry to more people.

   TASS' operation on Earth is made possible by almost 2,000 employees. The
agency has regional information centers in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and
Yekaterinburg, with dozens of news offices operating in Russia's regions.

   The agency has 63 bureaus in 60 countries. In 16 countries - and now in
space, too - TASS reporters are the only representatives of Russian media.