Roscosmos, after leaving the International Space Station (ISS) project, allows the transfer of the Russian segment of the orbital laboratory to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), RIA Novosti reports, referring to the statement of the state corporation CEO Dmitry Rogozin.
“We will transfer responsibility for our segment to our partners, or we will perform those tasks that are necessary to maintain the station, on a commercial basis, and not at the expense of our budget,” said the manager.
According to Rogozin, the Russian segment of the station is 80 percent worn out, and its maintenance “will require approximately the same funds that will be required from 2025 to deploy a separate national Russian orbital station.”
In April, the manager announced that the Science and Power Module, originally created for the ISS, would be used as a groundwork for the construction of the Russian space station.
In the same month, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov announced that Russia would withdraw from the ISS project in 2025 and begin to create a new national orbital station. At the same time, the official said that the situation related to the aging of the ISS structures was acquiring a catastrophic nature and Russia could not endanger the lives of astronauts.
