Russia will continue to work on the International Space Station (ISS) for almost five years, until 2028. The corresponding notification to ISS partner countries was sent by the head of the Roscosmos State Corporation Yuri Borisov. This was reported by the press service of the state corporation.
“Today, the Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, Yuri Borisov, informed the heads of the space agencies of the partner countries of the International Space Station project about the approval by the Government of the Russian Federation of the extension of Russia’s participation in the project until 2028,” said RIA Novosti citing the organization.
It is reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia on April 12, 2023 approved the extension of the participation of the Russian Federation in the ISS program. Letters were sent to NASA (Bill Nelson), European Space Agency ESA (Joseph Aschbacher), Canadian Space Agency CSA (Lise Campbell) and Keiko Nagaoki, Minister of Education, Culture , Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
“I hereby inform you that the Government of the Russian Federation has approved the extension of Russia’s participation in the International Space Station program until 2028. The ISS program is the largest and most comprehensive international project successful in the field of space, and I am happy that such a unique laboratory continues its work and contributes to the realization of humanity’s boldest ideas for the exploration of outer space,” said general manager Borisov.
Earlier, the executive director of Roscosmos, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, announced the timing of the creation of a sketch of the Russian space station. He explained that the preliminary design should be completed by the end of 2023 and that “there are already estimates of how it will look”, adding that “no matter how much the ISS is enlarged, sooner or later, some thing will have to replace it.”
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