Like the President, Donald Trump did not hide his wish for a rapprochement in the US with Russia, in a different variation of policies of previous administrations. On June 16, for example, he called Russia’s dismissal from the Elite Group in the Seven (G7) forum of the major economy a “mistake.” .
Some experts choose this high level of dew-Russia relationship can come to cooperation with countries above. US and Russia are close associates in international space station (ISS); NASA and the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, worked for more than 30 years to build and operate usual orbital.
In spite of the continued geopolitical tensions, the director of April Roscosmos General Dmitry Bakanov and the Associate Ken Bowerstox of SPACE astrates. NASA is confirmed by the agencies Changes in Crew Changes for Incoming Cross Flights and raised the corresponding agreement up to 2027.
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“NASA, roscosmos and other international colleagues remain focused on continuously safe and professional operating station in low-Earth orbit space,” nasa told American American. “International station cooperation continues to be smooth, as it is in the regular presence of our combined crew for approximately 25 years.”
Even so, this partnership has an expiration date: NASA’s current plan is for the iss to be abandoned and deorbited by 2031. And Apart from the ISS, these days, the two countries have minimal collaboration on space science and exploration.
For example, Russia was involved with no US long-term efforts to return astronauts to the moon by month Artemis Program in NASA. Instead of Roscosmos followed an independent plan for robotic and crewed lunar exploration, and in 2021 it was announced A co-work with China to make a crew based on the moon. Although Russia or China is more likely to come about the good details and conditions of such plans, Russian president at the end of May by the end of May of May
“As for the Lunar Program, it includes seven lunar missions with different scientific purposes,” says Krasnikov. “In the first stage of study, our research works will be based on automatic trips.” Others, if not all, in these missions is to target North and South Poles on the Moon, where Important deposits of ice ice discovered. “We also plan to send lunar rovers to study in place and prepare for placing a future lunar station,” says Krasnikov. “It is a large and important program and, of course, a serious challenge for our academic institutions.”
Le Zeleni, Chief Research Officer in Space Research Institute, the leading organization within Space Exploration, speaks American American He has moderate hopes for deeper cooperation between US and Russia in the space sector.
“Of course, I see the potential and hopefully it will be done with a concrete thing – even if it’s hard to say what it is,” Zelenyi said. “However, in the case of the Russian Lunar Program, it is one’s own way, and I do not see many prospects for cooperation here.”
A potential place ripe for interaction, he added, Venus – a world that the Soviet Russian program has made the land. It remains a tempting destiny for modern Russian supplies. For example, return to Bakanov treats Russia back there as a preliminary conclusion. In a new postegram post, he declares, “we’ll check out Venus; we are the only country that reaches a device.”
“It seems to be promised to continue cooperation with Venus exploration programs,” Zelenyi said. “Russia and the United States have an interest in this planet and have serious programs for studying it. In my opinion, a meeting of science issues, like their own scientific issues.
However, in spite of such measures, independent analysts in Russian space activities believe that it is difficult for the country to keep the US domain. In case of Venus, a barrier is the White House signed it there are other priorities for NASA. For example, it is recommended to cancel the space agency Two are planned missions specified in Venusand to eliminate the involvement of NASA thinking, a Venus mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA). Especially, Russian War in Ukraine remains chief romance – not only because of backlash these US Allies and also because of science and technical personnel. It all contributed to Recent financial cut and technical delays for Russian space program.
Vadim Lukashevich, an expert in aerospace and former designer in Aerospace Design Wureau Sukhoi, speaking American American Because the modern Russian program in Russia developed before the Russian-Ukrainian war and the companion not found in the International manner in Russia, including Active International cooperation, including NASA.
“The first joint projects on NASA and Roscosmos of the Lunar Orbit are considered as possible in early 2024,” Lukashevich said NASA’s Gateway Projectwhich means a “way station” in types of long lunar orbit (and where the White House is also Ticked for cancellation as part of the proposed cuts of this. “It is expected that Russia has the worst competition in the field to make residence modules, with a new international program for the expression of the month.”
According to Lukashevich and other Russian scientists interviewed for this story, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the country’s pricporters were implemented for nearby space development. Now fundraising and technical problems have plans to prevent for a new crewed spacecraft. Called EAGLETheRressian for “eagle” -The project is officially over a decade, and the first launching traine, a revised launch of the traine, a revised launch of the Ana-A5 rocket, designed.
Similar cascade to delay and cut affects other parts of spacsia infrastructure in Russia. The superheavy For mera rocket Wishing for missions in the country’s lunars reached a critical milestone, approval of its initial design, in the late development of the time of the moon and November 2024 roscosmos Office has partnered That the approved draft design of Yenisei “finalizing the technical design design” and that the “flights of the Russian cosmonauts in the month were posted.”
Looking forward-for bright spots in this dark sight failed to material. On April 2022 the ESA, responded to Russian invasion of Ukraine, pulled on many planned Russian Russian mission missions. On August 2023, under Zelenyi management, Russia plows ahead of itself, launching its robotic Luna-25 Lunar LanderBut spacecraft malfunctioned during orbital maneuver and fell to the face of the moon. In July 2022 ESA also officials participated in Russia at seea led robotic mission on red planset. To relay Rosalind Franklin Rover to Martian in Martian, Roscosmos due to delivery of a lander called Kazachok; ESA following done with NASA FOR A LanderEven plans Now with the question Due to NASA’s suggested White House cut, and mission cannot be launched before 2028.
The displayed reduction in Russian exploration capabilities planned the need for the country for cooperating with all the most urgent – and, some analysts seemed to be less likely to offer potential partners. It is a departure from past eras where Russian capacity with rocksia stations and space with warfare, with united war issues.
And then, even if the US does not do or do not want to associate with Russia to support peaceful activities in space, the rocket-made activities are not avoided in Russia. Now, however, it is not what happened, says Pael Koshkin, an older research with the Russian Academy of Science ‘Institute in the US and Canadian Studies. “While the cross-flight program is still existing, the United States has left Russian RSSIAN for an ATTENTION OF YOUR PRODUCTS IN YOUR PRODUCTS,” Koshkin said. “And this trend may not change the future future despite Russian’s good behavior.”
