NASA’s budget request for 2022 fiscal year does not provide for the purchase of places for American astronauts on Russian Soymatic Spaceships, said TSAS Acting Financial Director Steve Shinn.
“However, we still have agreements on mutual (cross-approx.” Renta.Ru “) flights on your (Russian approx.” Renta.ru “) ships and on the contrary,” said the manager at a briefing dedicated to Budget for 2022 fiscal year.
In May, the head of NASA Bill Nelson called Russia a vital partner in the International Space Station (ISS).
In April, Vice Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that Russia in 2025 will be released from the ISS project and start creating a new national orbital station. At the same time, the official said that the situation associated with the aging structures of the ISS acquires a catastrophic nature, and Russia cannot risk the life of astronauts.