Russia plans to leave the ISS project and build its own space station – PennLive

One of the closest spheres of cooperation between Russia and the U.S. has been the International Space Station project. In November 2000, two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut arrived there in a Russian-built spacecraft.

Now, a report by the Guardian indicates that Russia has plans to leave the ISS project and build their own space station. The head of its Roscosmos space agency has said their goal is for an orbital launch by 2030, ending more than 20 years of close cooperation with the U.S. aboard the aging ISS. This is if President Vladimir Putin approves the plan.

If in 2030, in accordance with our plans, we can put it into orbit, it will be a colossal breakthrough, said Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin. The will is there to take a new step in world manned space exploration.

Despite strained relations between Russia and the U.S. over human rights, cyberattacks and other issues, the ISS reportedly has been one of the closest spheres of cooperation between the two countries. Since 1998, Russian cosmonauts have collaborated with peers from the U.S. and 16 other countries for the ISS.

Yuri Borisov, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, told Russian TV that Moscow would give notice to its partners that it would leave the ISS project from 2025 last weekend.

Since the Russian stations orbit path would expose it to a higher level of radiation, Rogozin said it most likely would not be permanently crewed, unlike the ISS. However in addition to visits by cosmonauts, it would use robots and artificial intelligence.

Rogozin said visits by foreign crews was something Russia was ready to consider, but the station must be national If you want to do well, do it yourself.

An unnamed source was quoted by Interfax saying, Russia planned to spend up to $6bn to get the project launched.

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Russia plans to leave the ISS project and build its own space station - PennLive