It is possible that NASA was somewhat blinded this week when its partner, Roscosmos from Russia, revealed that it will decide whether or not to leave ISS permanently. The space station has been cooperating with both the United States and Russia for a long time and has hosted astronauts from many different nations. Now, it seems that Russia has secondary thoughts and blames the age of the space station and the lack of functionality, the reasons why it could move away.
At the time, it didn’t make much sense. The ISS has been a big deal for Russia for a long time and is one of the few areas where the United States and Russia have a cooperation agreement that, at least in appearance, works quite well. Aside from political turmoil, there seemed to be few reasons why any country would want to leave, but a post on Telegram by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin helps clarify things. If Russia decides to leave the ISS, it will almost certainly do so in favor of its own space station.
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As A? reports, a Telegram post by Rogozin appeared shortly after the news broke that the country was thinking of leaving the International Space Station. The message was simple, with the head of the Russian space declaring that “the first basic module of the new Russian orbital station is working”. Rogozin also mentioned that Energia, the Russian state aerospace corporation, is working on the project and that it should be ready for launch by 2025. The posts included a video with Energia workers doing their job.
Russia has already agreed to work with NASA on the International Space Station until 2024. Beyond that, another agreement should be reached for cooperation to continue. NASA has long believed it will continue to work on the ISS until it makes sense to stop. Russia seems to be arguing that this limit will be reached soon and that the space station may eventually be too old and / or unsafe for it to feel comfortable sending its astronauts there.
If this really happens and Russia withdraws from the ISS in 2025, it will be interesting to see what NASA decides to do. Russia is obviously working on its own space station, which it will begin building in space in 2025, but NASA has no such plans. The US space agency wants to send people to the moon in the next four years (something like that) and is working on the Artemis program, which will see the construction of a lunar gate that will act as a jumping point for missions to and from the lunar surface. Everything is great, but none of these plans would fill a hole left by an abandoned ISS.
It may be some time before we see Russia’s decision in the end, but this week’s Russian talks will no doubt attract NASA’s attention.
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Mike Wehner has reported on technology and video games over the past decade, covering breaking news and trends in VR, portable devices, smartphones and future technology. Most recently, Mike worked as a technical editor at The Daily Dot and was featured in USA Today, Time.com and countless other internet outlets and prints. His love of reporting is second only to gambling addiction.