Russia signals space station pullout, but NASA says it's not official yet

WASHINGTON — Russia’s new space chief on Tuesday signaled his country’s intent to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but a senior NASA…

“Of course, we will fulfill all our obligations to our partners, but the decision about withdrawing from the station after 2024 has been made,” Yuri Borisov, the newly appointed director general of Russia’s space agency, told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Still, NASA and Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, have been in talks to extend Russia’s participation on the space station to 2030, and the White House earlier this year approved NASA’s plans to continue running the orbital laboratory until then. NASA has seen Russia as crucial to keeping the space station running, and agency officials are keen on keeping the partnership in place through 2030, officials have previously said.Article content

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