AFP: Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station “after 2024”, the newly-appointed chief of Moscow’s space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
“Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made,” Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Putin in comments released by the Kremlin.
NASA says no ‘official word’ from Russia on quitting ISS
The United States hasn’t received “any official word” from Russia on its just-announced plans to quit the International Space Station “after 2024,” a senior NASA official said Tuesday.
“We haven’t received any official word from the partner as to the news today,” Robyn Gatens, director of the ISS for NASA said during a conference on the outpost.
Asked whether she wanted the US-Russia space relationship to end, she replied: “No, absolutely not.”
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