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Cosmonaut Quits. "No Proper Motivation" To Work With Americans
Cosmonaut Quits. "No Proper Motivation" To Work With Americans

Hero of Russia Alexander Skvortsov explained why he left the cosmonaut corps, MKRU Google translate: (Alexander Misurkin)“Despite the fact that for health reasons I am still suitable for flying, it is already difficult for me to fly for such a period. It would have been nothing if the program included interesting work on the Russian segment, but there most of the time I would have to work for the Americans, […]

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  • May 6, 2022
Whatever, Dmitry

Hey @Rogozin someone just caught a broomstick in midair. Can you do that? pic.twitter.com/Ju5afpUN8e — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 2, 2022 The Western space community should put Dmitry Rogozin on “ignore”, Ars Technica “It happened again this weekend. Both Bloomberg and Axios reported that Russia is quitting the International Space Station due to sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia. Each of these stories garnered considerable attention. And each […]

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  • May 2, 2022
Rogozin On Russia And ISS: Will They Stay Or Will They Go?
Rogozin On Russia And ISS: Will They Stay Or Will They Go?

Decision on space station’s service limit depends on situation regarding Russia – Rogozin, TASS “Russia will make a decision on the future of the International Space Station (ISS) based on the developments regarding the country, Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with TASS on Friday. “We should not hustle now declaring our stance and will carry on with our work within the timeframe […]

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  • April 30, 2022
Bringing Russian War Symbols To The ISS

More Soviet/WW2 flags, if we did not have enough lately: pic.twitter.com/5Dn67laBUN — Anatoly Zak (@RussianSpaceWeb) April 28, 2022 Russian (??) cosmonauts unfurled the ‘USSR Victory flag’ during yesterdays spacewalk outside the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/JuVnR5J1vV — Aerospace Intelligence (@space_osint) April 29, 2022

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  • April 30, 2022
Will The ISS Program Survive In Its Current Form?

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says at a briefing that he has confidence Russia will remain a partner on the ISS in the long term despite the war in Ukraine, citing the professional relationship between NASA and Roscosmos on ISS operations. — Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) April 26, 2022 Nelson is confident Russia will agree to keep ISS to 2030. Says that despite the horrors in Ukraine as a result of political […]

  • NASA Watch
  • April 26, 2022
Rogozin Replies To NASAWatch On Twitter

It is for you that this puppet is the "head of state", but for us he is the leader of the bandit regime, which allowed rampant violence and Nazism. You really are helping him. This is a big sin. — ??????? (@Rogozin) April 17, 2022

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  • April 17, 2022
China Is Halting Science Cooperation With Russia
China Is Halting Science Cooperation With Russia

????????? ??? ??????, ??? ????? “???????? ?? ?????” ?????????????? ? ?????????, TACC [Google translation] “Partners of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) from China “paused” cooperation with the academy, freezing the development of previously discussed projects. This was announced on Thursday by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev during the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Digital International Relations – 2022”, which is being held at MGIMO. […]

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  • April 14, 2022
No One Wants To Do The Space Thing With Rogozin Any More
No One Wants To Do The Space Thing With Rogozin Any More

Redirecting ESA programmes in response to geopolitical crisis “ESA will discontinue cooperative activities with Russia on Luna-25, -26 and -27. As with ExoMars, the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the resulting sanctions put in place represent a fundamental change of circumstances and make it impossible for ESA to implement the planned lunar cooperation. However, ESA’s science and technology for these missions remains of vital importance. A second flight opportunity has […]

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  • April 13, 2022
A Post-Russia ISS?
A Post-Russia ISS?

Russia could end its role in the International Space Station by 2024, say experts, Live Science “As a result, Cowing thinks NASA and its other partners will be able to keep the ISS in orbit for almost another decade even if Russia pulls out of the project. And since the start of flights by the Cygnus and Dragon spacecraft NASA and the other partners on the ISS project — the […]

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  • April 11, 2022
The International Space Station Is The Undiscovered Country

Keith’s note: Roscosmos Chief @Rogozin has been tweeting up a storm. A nasty storm. In a nutshell he is unilaterally ending Russian cooperation on ISS unless all sanctions are lifted. He does not specify what he means by “ending cooperation”. He has also has posted all the letters from the iSS partners that in essense say “thanks for your note, we have nothing to add. Have a nice day”. No […]

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  • April 2, 2022
Ukraine, The EU, And A Free Future Exploring Space
Ukraine, The EU, And A Free Future Exploring Space

Ukraine plans to join the EU — will the prospects in the space sphere expand?, Olga Ozhogina, Freelance Space Reporter On February 28, on the fourth day of Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invader, Ukraine submitted its application for EU membership with a special expedited procedure. The application was accepted and has entered the process of consideration. This does not mean immediate or rapid accession, but the process has been […]

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  • March 23, 2022
Rogozin Threatens To Do Something TBD on March 31st. Or Else. Maybe.
Rogozin Threatens To Do Something TBD on March 31st. Or Else. Maybe.

Roscosmos to wait for ISS partners’ response until end of March – chief, TASS “Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said he would wait until the end of March for the response from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency to his demand to lift sanctions against Russian enterprises. “We will wait until the end of March. The lack of response or a […]

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  • March 20, 2022
Deutsche Welle – Impact Of Ukraine War On The ISS And Russia

Keith Cowing · SpaceRef on Deutsche Welle – Ukraine And The Space Station And yes when asked about the coincidence that the cosmonauts are all wearing flights suits with the national colors of #Ukraine I also mentioned that you could be thinking that they are just paying tribute to Devo too. "Its just a color", right @Rogozin ? https://t.co/XuDkDTTy8B pic.twitter.com/EgsqB5n1fb — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 19, 2022

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  • March 19, 2022
Russian Cosmonauts Now Wear Ukraine's National Colors

Looks like the three arriving Russian cosmonauts on the # ISS dressed up for the Space Prom back on Earth by wearing the national colors of #Ukraine ????? ???????! #spaceprom pic.twitter.com/cDTALpGLLV — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 18, 2022

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  • March 19, 2022
NASA Asks Astronauts To Dial Back Public Commentary About Russia

Keith’s note: Of course NASA PAO will not bother to send the email to former astronauts about their public commentary to the news media – the same media who are quoting them – and trying to adequately cover the current situation regarding @roscosmos, NASA and the Ukraine war. There is a @cnn segment on air now with @StationCDRKelly that features a @nasa memo to all astronauts about speaking out #Ukraine […]

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  • March 16, 2022
Erasing Space History Won't Help Ukraine

Some people want to rename @yurisnight because the first human to leave Earth was a Russian named "Yuri". Bad idea. BTW Gus Grissom's middle name was "Ivan". "Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation" Y. Gagarin pic.twitter.com/c3yAZPtbDq — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 15, 2022 Bad idea @SpaceFoundation *In light of current world events, the 2022 Space Foundation […]

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  • March 15, 2022
The Space Station Partnership Is Worth Saving
The Space Station Partnership Is Worth Saving

I’ve been to space with Russians. Threatening our partnership there is senseless., OpEd by Scott Kelly, Washington Post “Forty-seven years ago, before most Americans were born, an Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit. A hatch opened between them, and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov and NASA astronaut Tom Stafford came together to shake hands. Their handshake was a historic moment that brought our two countries one […]

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  • March 15, 2022
NASAWatch On Newsy: ISS And Russia

As War Divides Countries On The Ground, What’s Happening In Space?, Newsy “NASA so far has stayed out of the Twitter spats. “So they’re really sort of sitting there wondering what’s next, and nobody has an answer other than to just wait and see what is next,” Keith Cowing, editor at NASAwatch.com, said.” Keith’s note: The bulk of the interview was with Scott Kelly who clearly has vastly greater experience […]

  • NASA Watch
  • March 12, 2022