The head of the US National Agency for Air Space and Space Research (NASA) Bill Nelson appreciated the prospects of American cooperation with Russia at the International Space Station (ISS) after the test of antisipate weapons. His words gives the SPACENEWS portal.
“he said that the tests would not have a negative impact on the prospects for the ongoing cooperation with Russia on the ISS,” the material notes.
NASA continues to discuss with Roscosmos the future of the orbital station in the long run and cross-flights to it on the Russian “unions” and the US ships. The dialogue on the topic of cooperation is planned during the visit of Nelson to Moscow, but the exact date of the meeting is still unknown.
On November 15, Russia conducted tests, as a result of which the inactive Russian Space Apparatus “Tselin-D” was affected, which was in orbit since 1982.
The official representative of the US State Department said that the Russian tests of anticipate weapons in the cosmos of the recklessness. He stressed that more than 1,500 fragments and hundreds of thousands of fragments of smaller debris appeared allegedly due to such tests of Russia in space, which threatens the interests of all countries.