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The head of Roscosmos, Russia's state-run space agency, announced Tuesday that Russia intends to withdraw from the International Space Station after its current commitment expires at the end of 2024.
"The decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made," Borisov said."I think that by this time we will start putting together a Russian orbital station," he added, referring to a plan to build an exclusively Russian space station called the Russian Orbital Service Station, first proposed in 2021.
NASA says it has not received any formal notice about Russia's withdrawal, according to The New York Times. Though Russia's current commitment ends at the end of 2024, NASA hopes to extend the ISS' operations through 2030. Russia's withdrawal could significantly complicate the space station's future operations, science historian Jordan Bimm told USA Today .
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