The announcement comes after Russia has already promised to remain aboard the ISS until 2028.
Since the beginning of this century, ties between the United States of America and Russia have been, at best, tense. The two individuals are still cooperating with one another in one particular area, which is the transportation of personnel to the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian government space agency, Roscosmos, has made the announcement that the two nations will continue to collaborate on “cross-flights until 2025 inclusive.”
When a spacecraft is used for cross-flights, crews from several countries are combined onto the same spacecraft. There will always be at least one of Roscosmos’ own representatives in the Russian portion of the International Space Station (ISS), and there will always be at least one representative from NASA in the United States section. The decision was made “to maintain the reliability of the International Space Station as a whole,” the agency disclosed further. After the end of the space race and the Cold War, the International Space Station (ISS) became a symbol of collaboration between the United States and Russia.
It was announced by NASA in April 2023 that Russia would continue to be stationed on the International Space Station until the year 2028. Yuri Borisov, the Director General of Roscosmos, had previously stated that Russia would withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) “after 2024” in order to concentrate on the construction of its own space station. With plans ranging from removing people from the International Space Station to determining how to maintain control of the ISS in the event that Russia removed its thrusters, NASA had been making preparations for Russia’s exit. The United States government has pledged to keep the International Space Station operational until at least the year 2030.