Russia and the USA have had a strained relationship, at finest, in recent times. Nevertheless, the pair are nonetheless working collectively in a single regard: getting crews to the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos, Russia's federal house company, has introduced that the 2 international locations will proceed partnering on "cross-flights till 2025 inclusive."
Cross-flights contain placing crews from a number of international locations onto the identical spacecraft. Roscosmos intends at all times to have a minimum of considered one of its personal representatives within the Russia part of the ISS and a minimum of one NASA consultant within the US part. The company added that the choice was made "to keep up the reliability of the ISS as a complete." The ISS, launched in 1998, is a logo of US-Russia cooperation after the Chilly Warfare and the house race ended.
The information follows NASA's April 2023 announcement that Russia will remain aboard the ISS until 2028. The Director Common of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, had beforehand stated Russia would pull out of the ISS "after 2024" to deal with creating its personal house station. NASA had been making ready for Russia's departure with plans starting from pulling astronauts from the ISS to determining methods to management the ISS if Russia took away its thrusters. The US company has committed to maintaining the ISS until at least 2030.
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/russia-will-assist-nasa-with-iss-space-flights-through-2025-115533326.html?src=rss
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