Russia-Ukraine Crisis Could Impact Space Stations

With NASA’s goal of extending the International Space Station through to 2030, the Ukraine-Russia conflict could significantly halt plans. Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos said on March 1st that it had authority to operate for only two more years and “the issue of extending the agreement in the current conditions causes our skepticism.” Stopping the partnershipContinue reading “Russia-Ukraine Crisis Could Impact Space Stations”

Access To Space Threatened by Space Debris

This past Monday a sleeping crew onboard the International Space Station was woken up and ordered to take shelter in their spacecraft in case the station was hit by passing debris from a Russian anti-satellite missile test. The seven people currently onboard the space station which include cosmonauts from the US, Russia, and Europe wereContinue reading “Access To Space Threatened by Space Debris”

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