Keith’s note: There is a photo posted the other day by NASA titled NASA Admin Signs Joint Statement with Space Agency of Ukraine that says “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Volodymyr Mikheiev, display their signed joint statements on civil space cooperation between NASA and the State Space Agency of Ukraine, Friday April 21, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani) Date Created:2023-04-21”. Cool stuff. In a time of war America and Ukraine find a cool way to reiterate their solidarity on peaceful activities. Alas, There is no NASA press release about this listed – before or after the event. Nor a media advisory that I can find. If you search for “Ukraine” at NASA.gov all you get are old stories about grain. I can’t seem to find any stories posted at NASA.gov by looking around NASA.gov.

Keith’s note: If you go to this Reddit post “People greeting Ukrainian soldiers in deoccupied town” on r/UkraineWarVideoReport you will see a video of Ukrainians greeting liberators. At the 00:57 mark you will see a young boy in a sweatshirt with a huge NASA logo come up to greet one of the soldiers. Later in the video you can see him walking with several of the soldiers. Even in a cruel war zone the NASA branding is prominent. What other American government agency can attest to such popularity other than perhaps the Peace Corps? If only NASA understood this. Video below:

Keith Cowing · NASAWatch on BBC World Service: Is Russia Leaving ISS? Keith’s note: I got this from NASA PAO at 5:11 pm EDT: “NASA is committed to the safe operation of the International Space Station through 2030, and is coordinating with our partners. NASA has not been made aware of decisions from any of the partners, though we are continuing to build future capabilities to assure our major presence […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

Opinion: Our space partnership with Russia can’t go on, Opinion, Homer Hickam, Washington Post “The Russians, however, have not reacted in the same spirit. Dmitry Rogozin, the belligerent chief of the Russian federal space agency known as Roscosmos, has made clear that he fully supports the invasion and has even made threats toward his ISS partners, including invoking nuclear war. He has also indicated he is willing to abandon the […]