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

#ISS program has been run by dedicated professionals – in all countries – for 20+yrs. They've risen above and/or ignored terrestrial politics. But global outrage against Russia's cruel invasion of #Ukraine is unprecedented and growing. Can ISS survive this earthly brutality? pic.twitter.com/5WclJVsJpk — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 27, 2022 In the past 48 hrs @Rogozin (@Roscosmos) has pulled out of Venera-D, evacuated staff from Korou (after offering Soyuz to european […]

Ukraine invasion is complicating US-Russia relations not just on Earth, but 250 miles in space, ABC 13 Houston “NASAwatch.com editor, Keith Cowing isn’t surprised NASA isn’t saying too much at this point. “Why isn’t NASA talking right now? They probably don’t have cogent answers to give you other than, ‘Yeah, we’re scared and B, we don’t know what’s going to happen,’” Cowing explained. In a series of tweets, the head […]

WRT new sanctions being imposted on Russia after it attacked #Ukraine @JoeBiden just said that the sanctions "… will degrade their aerospace industry – including their space program". — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 24, 2022 Yes that is what @rogozin said Alzheimer's – ??????????? — wonder what @SenBillNelson has to say about this characterization of the U.S. President. https://t.co/lvGWZpvvOF — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 24, 2022

International Space Station ‘largely isolated’ from tensions over Ukraine, AP “It’s possible to imagine a break with Russia that would endanger the space station, but that would be at the level of a dropping diplomatic relations,” said Pace. “That would be something that would be an utterly last resort so I don’t really see that happening unless there is a wider military confrontation.” Space Cooperation With Russia Remains on Even […]

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 […]

Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine, AP “President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as Biden seeks a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border. Biden aims to make clear that his administration stands ready to take […]

Ukraine crisis could end U.S. space reliance on Russia, Politico “In previous budgets, Congress hasn’t fully funded commercial crew requests as a way of finding savings, to the chagrin of its advocates. “The president has been requesting approximately $800 million every year since his FY12 budget submission to fund the development of American vehicles to provide access to the ISS, only to have Congress, led primarily by the GOP but […]

Why Ukraine crisis won’t affect Russia, U.S. space collaboration, CNN “We do not expect the current Russia-Ukraine situation to have any impact on our civil space cooperation with Russia, including our partnership on the International Space Station program,” said Allard Beutel, a NASA spokesman.” Russia Preparing Response to U.S. and EU Sanctions, Moscow Times “The Federation Council is drawing up a bill that would allow the government to confiscate the […]