Director of the Russian Space Agency Roskosmos Dmitry Bakanov said on Thursday that he with US Minister of Transport as the reigning head of the US National Aviation and Space Authority (NASA) Sean Duffy agreed to extend the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2028. This is reported by TASR based on AFP and TASS reports.
“The dialog was well done. We agreed to operate the ISS by 2028. We will work on the problem of withdrawal from orbit by 2030,“The Russian agency TASS Bakanova quoted. The heads of the Russian and US space agency have been the first personal negotiations since 2018. In addition to the ISS, they also took over Possible joint survey of the month and deep universe or continuation of cooperation on other space projects.
Bakans arrived in the United States on Tuesday and should also see Start of Mission Crew-11 SPACEX, which they postponed on Thursday for dense clouds at the last minute. The crew is also a Russian astronaut Oleg Platonov. The ISS has been in orbit since 20 November 1998. In addition to Russia and the US, Canada, Japan and Ten States of the European Space Agency (ESA) – are also involved in the project – Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
ISS is one of the few areas in which Russia and Western countries still cooperate even after Moscow’s military aggression in Ukraine. Within the sanctions imposed on Russia Many Western countries with Roskosmos have ended a partnership, Although his Soyuz missiles remain one of the few capable of reaching the ISS. Moscow has announced several times withdrawing from this program, as it plans to start building in 2027 of your own orbital station.
