The heads of the Russian and American space agency have led the first personal negotiations since 2018. The ISS has been in orbit since November 20, 1998 and is one of the few areas in which Russia and the West are still cooperating.
Director of the Russian Space Agency Roskosmos Dmitry Bakanov said on Thursday that the US Minister of Transport as the reigning head of the US National Aviation and Space (NASA) headed by Sean Duffy agreed to extend the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2028.
Agency bosses also took over a possible joint survey of the month
“The dialogue was well. 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 American space agency have been the first personal negotiations since 2018. In addition to the ISS, they also took over a possible joint survey of the month and the deep universe or the continuation of cooperation on other space projects.
Bakans arrived in the United States on Tuesday and had to watch the start of the Crew-11 mission of SpaceX, which they postponed on Thursday for dense clouds. The crew is also a member of the Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
The Space Station is one of the few areas in which Russia and the West also cooperate after the Russian invasion in Ukraine
The ISS has been in orbit since November 20, 1998. In addition to Russia and the US, the project also participates in Canada, Japan and ten European Space Agency (ESA) – 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 terminated the 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 its own orbital station in 2027.
