The Russian presence has been present for some time in international space station. Roscosmos changed its mind and promised to continue participating in the project until 2028, as confirmed by NASA in recent hours. Thus, there seems to be an end to the controversy that has arisen from the Ukrainian war.
Russia’s decision came less than a year after Dmitry Rogozin announced his country’s final withdrawal from the International Space Station. It was in May 2022 when the then President of the Russian Space Agency announced it. And a few months later, in July, it was Yuri Borisov, his successor as head of Roscosmos, who announced that Russia’s withdrawal would take place “after 2024.”
Although the official did not name a specific date, in aerospace they took it for granted that the Russian idea was to leave the ISS right after 2024. It was then said that the sanctions imposed by the US and other countries against Russia for invading Ukraine were a turning point for the decision. However, Borisov assured that in fact the decision was based on the issue of survival, and not on political conflicts.
“There is a concept of metal fatigue, many engineers know what it means. Today, the intensity of various accidents and equipment failures, microcracks is increasing. This is a natural process at the end of the life of any product,” the company explained. the head of Roscosmos on his country’s desire to abandon the International Space Station.
Russia will remain on the International Space Station until 2028
Despite this, Now Russia has retreated from its steps give the go-ahead to expand communication with their partners in order to stay longer in the project. According to the fee space newsRoscosmos reported via Telegram the other day that it had sent letters to NASA, ESA, and the space agencies of Canada and Japan, informing that the Russian government agreed to continue supporting the International Space Station until 2028..
“The ISS program is the largest and most successful international space project. I am glad that such a unique laboratory will continue its work and will contribute to the implementation of the most daring ideas of mankind in space exploration,” he said. statement.
NASA also noted Russia’s stay on the International Space Station beyond 2024. Robin Gateens, director of the ISS department, said the extended time on board would allow “to reap the rewards of more than two decades of experimentation and technology demonstrations, and to continue to materialize even greater discoveries.”
It is worth noting that, despite the confirmation of the peg until 2028, Russia will spend less time on the ISS than its partners. Other participating agencies – the US, ESA, Japan and Canada – will remain in orbit until 2030.
Some time ago, it was NASA who confirmed what the plan for destroying the International Space Station would be when it completed its life cycle. In fact, the countries participating in the project have been polishing the details of how the procedure will be carried out for quite some time. If there are no problems, the ISS will collapse in the Pacific Ocean in January 2031.
Source: Hiper Textual
