From heaven to earth. Russia’s departure from the ISS is the beginning of the end of the domestic manned cosmonautics
Russia is ready to leave the International Space Station “after 2024,” said the new head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov. After the start of the war, his predecessor, Dmitry Rogozin, issued ultimatums to the West, demanding the lifting of sanctions on Russian cosmonautics, and NASA condemned the crew of the Russian segment of the ISS, which unfurled the LDNR flags. At the same time, it became known that Russian woman Anna Kikina will fly into space on a private ship Crew Dragon. The history of relations between Russia and the United States in space has developed in this way – with grandiose ups and sharp falls, with great joint achievements and serious insoluble contradictions. But if until now Russia has been able to remain among the leaders of manned cosmonautics, now the country is at risk of losing the competence to launch a man into space.