Russia and the United States depart from a close partnership at the International Space Station (ISS), recognized in an interview with RIA Novosti Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin.
“I remember that during my first expeditions to the ISS we had an integrated crew. This means that Russian astronauts were specialists in the American segment, and American astronauts could serve the Russian segment, to enter each other’s spaces into space, there was a single The diet, we helped each other in the experiments, “said the hero of Russia.
According to him, in the subsequent Russian and American crews began to move away from each other. “It’s good or bad? This is not a question for me. But the fact that we leave from what was called partnership on the ISS, unfortunately, accomplished fact,” said cosmonaut.
In September, the general director of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview with CNN, stated that the divorce of Russia and the United States to the ISS was impossible. The manager stressed that Moscow intends to maintain partnerships with Washington. “We are friends,” said the head of the state corporation.