Amid soaring tensions with Western nations Russia announces it will leave the International Space Station at the end of 2024.
Russia's newly appointed space chief has announced the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost.The statement confirms Russia's earlier declarations about its intention to leave the ISSThey will continue to work with ISS partners before leaving the project
In a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Yuri Borisov, who leads the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos, said Russia will fulfil its obligations to other partners at the ISS before it leaves the project. "Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made," Mr Borisov said.Mr Borisov's statement reaffirmed previous declarations by Russian space officials about Moscow's intention to leave the space outpost after 2024.
Sending the first man into space in 1961 and launching the first satellite four years earlier are among key accomplishments of the Soviet space programme and remain a major source of national pride in Russia. But experts say the Russian space agency remains a shadow of its former self and has in recent years suffered a series of setbacks including corruption scandals and the loss of a number of satellites and other spacecraft.
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