US and Russia say they will renew flights together to the International Space Station, preserving one of the last areas of cooperation amid Western attempts to isolate Moscow over its attacks on Ukraine
NASA said that the ISS was set up for joint participation by the United States and Russia along with Europe, Japan and Canada.
"To ensure continued safe operations of the International Space Station, protect the lives of astronauts and ensure continuous US presence in space, NASA will resume integrated crews on US crew spacecraft and the Russian Soyuz," NASA said. The news came just hours after the chief of the Russian space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.
The last NASA astronaut to take a Soyuz to the station was NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei in 2021. He returned to Earth in March this year alongside Russian cosmonauts, also on a Soyuz.
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