Russia will END cooperation on the International space station
Russia will END cooperation on the International space station and will NOT work with Nasa or European Space Agency
Russian space agency Roscosmos to pull out of ISS until Ukraine sanctions liftedShock move was announced by head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozon on Twitter International Space Station is largest structure ever put into space by humans
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Russia has announced it will end co-operation on the International Space station until Western-led sanctions over its Ukraine invasion are lifted.
The head of the country’s space agency said it will no longer work with its partners, including NASA and the European Space Agency, on the orbiting laboratory.
The move was revealed by the chief of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, on Twitter.
He said he will submit a timetable for completion of current projects to the Kremlin.
Rogozin said: ‘Sanctions from the US, Canada, the European Union and Japan are aimed at blocking financial, economic and production activities of our high-tech enterprises.
‘The purpose of the sanctions is to kill the Russian economy, plunge our people into despair and hunger, and bring our country to its knees. It is clear that they will not be able to do this, but the intentions are clear.
The head of the country’s space agency said it will no longer work with NASA or the European Space Agency on the orbiting laboratory. (Pictured: International Space Station)
‘That is why I believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions.
‘Specific proposals of Roscosmos on the timing of the completion of cooperation within the framework of he ISS with the space agencies of the United States, Canada, the European Union and Japan will be reported to the leadership of our country in the near future.’
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest single structure ever put into space by humans.
It has been continuously occupied by a multi-national crew, mostly from the US and Russia, since November 2000.
It is not owned by one single nation and is a ‘co-operative programme’ between Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada and Japan, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
Rogozin said in a Twitter thread that he had written to each of the participating ISS countries’ space agencies in regards to their respective governments’ sanctions against Russia.
He shared their responses, including that of the European Space Agency, which said it would pass on the matter to all member states to discuss.
‘By this time, the ISS could have died its own death,’ Rogozin said.
‘Nevertheless, the position of our partners is clear: the sanctions will not be lifted.
‘At the same time, fearing the destruction of cooperation on the ISS, where the role of Russia is of fundamental importance to ensure the viability and safety of the station, Western partners make it clear that in reality, sanctions in terms of work in the interests of the ISS will not work. I consider this state of affairs unacceptable.’
More to follow.
