The department continues to discuss with Roscosmos both the future of the station in the long term and short-term agreements, said the head of NASA Bill Nelson.
WASHINGTON, November 24. /tass/. Russia's test of anti-satellite weapons will not have a negative impact on the prospects for further US-Russian cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS). This opinion was expressed by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in an interview with the Internet portal SpaceNews.
"He (Nelson) He said that the tests will not have a negative impact on the prospects for continued cooperation with Russia on the ISS," reads the material published on Wednesday on the SpaceNews website. According to the portal, NASA continues to discuss with Roscosmos both the future of the station in the long term and short-term agreements regarding cross-flights to the ISS on Russian Soyuz and American ships.
"We will continue these discussions and, perhaps, we will have something to announce when I arrive in Moscow," Nelson added, noting that the exact date of his meeting in the Russian capital with Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin has not yet been set. Earlier, Nelson stated that he was looking forward to a trip to Moscow and intends to carry it out as soon as the pandemic situation allows.
Last week, the Russian military department announced that tests were conducted, during which an inactive Russian spacecraft was successfully hit. The Defense Ministry stressed that it is carrying out planned activities to strengthen its defense capability and recalled that the main goal of the new US space strategy is to "create a comprehensive military advantage" in this area. The military department stressed that the fragments formed after the defeat of the satellite do not pose a threat to the ISS and satellites, emphasizing that the satellite fragments are included in the main catalog of the domestic space control system and are immediately taken for escort until their existence ceases.
