Roscosmos: non-issuance of a US visa to a Russian cosmonaut may threaten the safety of the ISS
Refusal to issue an American visa to cosmonaut Nikolai Chub may threaten the security of the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos called the possible consequences of the incident with the United States. This is reported by TASS .
"The situation that has arisen calls into question the very safety of the Russian cosmonaut's stay on the ISS and the safety of the American segment of the station due to the unpreparedness of the Russian cosmonaut in the event of an emergency," the state corporation said.
They also clarified that "there is a question of at least changing the training schedule of Nikolai Chub for the upcoming flight in the spring of 2023." "Without lectures and practical exercises on the layout of the American segment, familiarization with the work of its systems, understanding the interaction of the systems of the American and Russian segment, as well as taking a course on actions in an emergency situation, in principle, it is impossible to fly into space," the state corporation noted.
According to Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, the refusal of a visa to a Russian cosmonaut is "a dangerous precedent for cooperation on the International Space Station."
Earlier, the head of the state corporation promised to request the position of the head of NASA Bill Nelson regarding the non-issuance of a US visa to Chubu.
According to a TASS source, the United States did not issue a visa to Chub, who was going to go to participate in a training session at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center. The interlocutor of the agency clarified that the Russian cosmonaut was refused an entry visa without explanation. Chub's flight to the International Space Station is scheduled for spring 2023.
