Secuencia de imágenes captadas desde la Estación Espacial Internacional del lanzamiento de un Soyuz 2-1a desde Baikonur con un carguero Progress...



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In the space sector in the United States more dependent on Russia than Russian Federation from United States, said NASA spokesman PARIS, March 23. (ARMS-TASS). In the space sector in the United States more dependent on Russia than Russian Federation from United States. This opinion was expressed in an interview with AFP in Washington John Logsdon, an American scientist, member of the NASA Advisory Council. He responded to questions about whether can be interrupted in the current situation shipping astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of Russian missiles.
"In the space sector between the U.S. and Russia there is a significant correlation in that regard the operation of the ISS - Logsdon said. - I do not think that the station can operate successfully without the support of the U.S. Mission Control Center, located in Texas. Thus the Russian side needs the support of the American side - but apparently not to the extent that Russia needed in the implementation of the U.S. programs in the space field. "
According to Logsdon "risk that flights on Russian ships to the ISS will be terminated, is not more than 20-25 per cent." "Such a step would lead to a genuine catastrophe, because to ensure operation of the station would be extremely difficult," - he said.
NASA spokesman Allard Butel, in turn, said: "We do not expect that the current Russian-Ukrainian situation will have an impact on U.S. long-standing cooperation with Russia in the field of civil space. "
Roskosmos intends to extend the operation of the Russian segment of the ISS until 2024,
Moscow. March 17. INTERFAX.RU - "Roskosmos" intends to extend the operation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024, the head of manned space programs "Roscosmos" Alexei Krasnov.
"Today officially certified lifetime of the ISS until 2020, but recently our partners program, the U.S. administration decided to ensure the operation of the U.S. segment of the station until at least 2024, "- said the Red radio station" Echo of Moscow ".
"We are currently developing the next ten-year program for 2016-2025 years and assume that also join Such an approach, "- said Krasnov.