Russia will pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.
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Russia will pull out of ISS after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.
This was announced by Russia’s new space chief amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.
The current international arrangements for the operation of ISS will end in 2024.
NASA and other international partners hope to keep the space station running until 2030.
However, Russians have been reluctant to make commitments beyond 2024.
What is ‘International Space Station’?
Launched in 1998 and involving Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, and the European Space Agency, the ISS is one of the most ambitious international collaborations in human history.
The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.
The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific experiments are conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields.
The station is suited for testing the spacecraft systems and equipment required for possible future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars.
It is the largest artificial object in space and the largest satellite in low Earth orbit, regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth’s surface.
The ISS circles the Earth in roughly 93 minutes, completing 15.5 orbits per day.
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