As the race to the Moon receded, American and Soviet Astronauts met and shook hands in Space for the first time in 1975.
The U.S. and Russia continued to work together in Outer Space, looking beyond their Hostilities on Earth, culminating in the 1990s with the Two Nations jointly Building and Operating a Laboratory in Space.
The Future of that Cooperation grew uncertain on Tuesday, as the New Head of Russia’s Space Agency announced that Russia would Leave the International Space Station (ISS) after its current Commitment expired at the end of 2024.
“The decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made,” said Yuri Borisov, who was Appointed this month to run Roscosmos, a State-controlled Corporation in charge of the Country’s Space Program.
The Pronouncement came during a Meeting between Borisov and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Borisov told Putin, that Russia would fulfill its Commitments through 2024, and turn its focus to an Unbuilt Independent Space Station. “I think that, by this time, we will begin to form the Russian orbital station,” he said. Putin’s response: “Good.”
With tensions between Washington and Moscow rising after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in February, Russian Space Officials including Dmitry Rogozin, Borisov’s Predecessor, had made Declarations in recent months that Russia was planning to Leave. But they all left ambiguity about when it would happen or whether a Final Decision had been made.
At the time, China is currently building thie own Space Station in Orbit around the Earth.
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