Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos [Updated], Ars Technica “This brings an end to Rogozin’s tumultuous career at Roscosmos, where he directly worked with the leaders of other international space agencies, including NASA and other International Space Station partners such as Europe, Canada, and Japan. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Rogozin has been increasingly bellicose and made numerous threats about Russian participation in the station. While […]
Keith’s note: According to the NASA TV schedule: “Friday, June 3 5:15 a.m. – Coverage of the launch of the ISS Progress 81 cargo craft (Launch scheduled at 5:32 a.m. EDT)” Apparently NASA is going to air live video that clearly shows a rocket with Russian propaganda regarding the war in Ukraine on its side in immense, hard to miss lettering. Really NASA? The Soyuz 2.1A rocket with Progress MS-20 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ICYMI @Roscosmos boss @Rogozin apparently does not like what @StationCDRKelly has to say. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/FaX4Ua075a — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 7, 2022
Russian gov't-controlled RIA Novosti @rianru posted a video on Telegram made by @Roscosmos where cosmonauts say goodbye to Mark Vande Hei on #ISS, depart, and then the Russian segment detaches from the rest of ISS. @Rogozin is clearly threatening the ISS program. #NASA #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/fj2coK1xR1 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 5, 2022
Keith’s note: First Dmitry Rogozin tweets ???? ??????????? ?????????? ????? ????? ??????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ?? ???, ?? ????????????? ?????????????, ???????????? ????????????? ??????? “???? ??” ? ?? ????? ???????? ??????? ????????? “????-2” ? ???????????? ?????????? ? ???? ??????????? ????????? ????????, … Google translation: If European astronauts want to be able to get to the ISS on their own, then the use of the proven, most reliable Soyuz MS manned spacecraft with […]
Keith’s note: In case you have not noticed the U.S. government says that Russia is about to invade Ukraine. The U.S. is sending weapons and mobilizing troops. NATO is fortifying its borders. Oh yes, this impending conflict actual war would involve nearly every single participating nation in the International Space Station program. Until now the ISS has managed to weather virtually all terrestrial political squabbles between its participants. Indeed, there […]
Kathy Lueders finally got around to tweeting “NASA astronauts, including Serena Aunon-Chancellor, are extremely well-respected, serve their country and make invaluable contributions to the agency. We stand behind Serena and her professional conduct. We do not believe there is any credibility to these accusations.” and Bill Nelson retweeted this tweet and added “I whole heartedly agree with Kathy’s statement. I fully support Serena and I will always stand behind our […]