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23 April 2021, 02:04 pm
Russia is planning to leave NASA s International Space Station (ISS) and has begun building its own amid reports of renewed tensions between the eastern country and the United States.
The news comes after Moscow expressed intentions to leave the ISS program and told Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscosmos) to build an equivalent space station.
Russia s Decision to Leave the International Space Station Program
Russia s Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov had recently expressed the country s intentions to leave the ISS program in 2025 but defended that it is not driven by political reasons.
FirstPost reported on Apr. 23 that Roscosmos, the country s very own space agency, said that the decision is due to the ISS s age, adding that the decision is not yet final.
by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021 - 11:20 PM
As tensions increase between Russia and the US, the Russian space agency has announced it will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 and has already begun work on a space station of its own, according to BBC News.
The US and Russia jointly launched the ISS in 1998 and was hailed as significant steps to reconstruct souring relations between the cold war adversaries. But Russian officials have indicated they will pull out of the ISS by 2025.
The ISS is 23 years old and is rapidly aging, posing a danger for astronauts. ISS crew recently had to hunt for a mystery air leak.