The head of the US National Administration for Air Space and Space Studies (NASA) Bill Nelson stated in a conversation with the Director General of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin that the threat for the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) due to the tests of Russia of antispot weapons still persist . He wrote about this in his twitter -Akt.
Nelson noted that he expressed his concerns to Rogozin about the space debris formed as a result of testing, which, in his opinion, may be dangerous for astronauts. “It is critical that we ensure the safety of our people and objects in space – now in the future,” he stressed.
Earlier it was reported that Russia on November 15 conducted tests, as a result of which the underlying Russian Space Agency “Tselin-D” was affected, which was in orbit since 1982. In response to this US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accused Russia in creating a threat to the safety of space research because of the test of the antihospittle rocket. “In addition, it will significantly increase the risk for astronauts and the International Space Station, as well as other types of human activities in space,” Blinken said. The official representative of the State Department was also noted that the cosmic rubbish caused by the satellite destruction threatens the security of the ISS.
After that, in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video, which proves that fragments formed after testing antispot weapons in space do not pose a threat to the International Space Station.