Russia, NASA agree to continue joint ISS flights until 2025
- Russian and US space agencies have agreed to continue sending crews to the International Space Station until at least 2025, ensuring the presence of representatives from both Roscosmos and NASA.
- This agreement includes cross-flights, where one US astronaut joins a Russian spacecraft crew and one Russian cosmonaut joins an American crew, to maintain the reliability of ISS operations.
- The ISS, designed for microgravity experiments, will remain operational until at least 2024, with the US expressing interest in extending its lifespan to 2030.
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Russland und die USA haben sich auf eine Verlängerung ihres Abkommens für gemeinsame Flüge zur Internationalen Raumstation ISS geeinigt. Im Juli und im Dezember hätten beide Seiten zwei Zusatzvereinbarungen über eine Fortsetzung der Überkreuzflüge bis zum Jahr 2025 unterzeichnet, hieß es am Donnerstag. Ziel sei es, die „Zuverlässigkeit des Betriebs der ISS“ aufrechtzuerhalten, erklärte die russische Raumfahrtbehörde Roskosmos. Auf diese Weise we…
Russian space corporation Roskosmos has agreed with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to extend the program of joint flights to the International Space Station (ISS) until 2025, according to its statement on Thursday. Joint flights mean that an American astronaut flies to the ISS with a crew on a Russian spaceship and vice versa. NASA has not yet commented on that.
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