NASA Chief Says Russia Caused ‘Misleading Headlines’ About ISS

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NASA Chief Says Russia Caused ‘Misleading Headlines’ About ISS
Justin Bachman - Yesterday 11:27 AM
Bloomberg


(Bloomberg) -- Russia isn’t planning to withdraw from its partnership in the International Space Station despite recent rhetoric from the nation’s space agency, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a Senate hearing.



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IN SPACE - MAY 29: In this handout provided by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), back dropped by planet Earth the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from NASA space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation May 29, 2011 in space. After 20 years, 25 missions and more than 115 million miles in space, NASA space shuttle Endeavour is on the last leg of its final flight to the International Space Station before being retired and donated to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Capt. Mark E. Kelly, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' (D-AZ) husband, has lead mission STS-134 as it delivered the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-2) to the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)


Over the weekend, Roscosmos director Dmitry Rogozin suggested that Russia had decided to quit the orbital laboratory -- which has hosted research crews continuously for more than 21 years -- due to Western sanctions on Russia from its invasion of Ukraine. He said that Russia would give its ISS partners a year’s notice of such a decision, according to Russian media reports.

Nelson said Tuesday that the comments sparked “misleading headlines” indicating that Russia would leave the station, which uses Russian cargo vessels to provide altitude changes. Russia and the U.S. continue to work professionally on managing the station and NASA has had no indication Roscomos plans to end its role, Nelson said.

The station has 11 occupants currently, including three Russian cosmonauts. Russian flight engineer Oleg Artemyev was scheduled to take command of the station Tuesday as NASA’s Crew-3 prepares to return aboard a SpaceX Dragon later this week.


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