Roscosmos, NASA discuss expected completion dates for ISS
14:40, 24 December
Roscosmos and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have discussed possible completion dates for the International Space Station (ISS), chief executive of the Russian state space corporation Yury Borisov said in an interview with the Russian TC channel Rossiya 24, TASS reports.
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"In order to avoid any interruptions in the manned program, we have synchronized the expected completion dates for the ISS, which we are discussing with our American colleagues," Yury Borisov said.
Roscosmos plans to start manned flights to the new Russian Orbital Station (ROS) about the same time when Russia exits the ISS program, he added. "We are planning to launch manned space flights [to the ROS] starting in 2028," the Roscosmos head explained.
In November 2022, Yury Borisov said in an interview with TASS that further participation in the ISS project would depend on the technical condition of the Russian segment, the date when the ROS goes online, the beginning of flights to it by Russian cosmonauts and a number of other factors. So far, Russia has officially announced plans to continue its participation in the ISS project until 2028. In early December, Yury Boris said that the final scenario for the station will be coordinated with the incoming U.S. administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
The ISS has been in orbit since 20 November 1998. It is multi-modular and has a mass of about 435 tonnes. With docked spacecraft the mass can reach 470 tonnes. The participants in this project are Russia, Canada, the United States, Japan and ten member states of the European Space Agency (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland).
