The NASA technical team discussed the possibility of undocking the Russian segment of the ISS after Russia's withdrawal from the project. This was announced on Wednesday, April 21, by a source of "RIA Novosti".
"The meeting discussed the issue of undocking the entire Russian segment of the ISS, including its flooding by the Russian forces," the report says.
According to the source, we are also talking about the US-owned functional cargo unit "Zvezda", the construction of which was paid for by the United States, as well as the PMA-1 hermoadapter of the American connecting module Node-1, which serves as a transition between the segments of the station.
NASA specialists suggested that Axiom, which plans to take the station into commercial use, think about replacing the engine of the Russian segment, which is currently used to correct the altitude of the ISS, the source added.
Earlier in the day, the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia is considering the possibility of transferring its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) The United States after 2025. He noted that negotiations are currently underway with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on this issue.
In addition, on April 21, the head of Roscosmos said that the scientific and energy module (NEM), which was created for the ISS, will be redesigned for use on the new Russian space station. He noted that Russia has decided to independently build a new space station, because only in this way it can be done well.
A day earlier, Rogozin said that the launch of the first base module for the new Russian space station should be provided in 2025.
