NASA on Friday shrugged off public comments from the head of its Russian counterpart suggesting U.S. sanctions imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis could 'destroy' U.S.-Russian teamwork on the International Space Station (ISS).
Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin attends a meeting of the State Commission on the eve of a mission to the International Space Station in Baikonur, Kazakhstan December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/PoolFeb 25 - NASA on Friday shrugged off public comments from the head of its Russian counterpart suggesting U.S. sanctions imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis could "destroy" U.S.-Russian teamwork on the International Space Station .
"Do you want to destroy our cooperation on the ISS?" Rogozin asked in a series of tweets, according to a Reuters translation of his remarks. He also noted that orbital control of the space station, through periodic rocket thrusts to maintain a safe altitude, is exercised using engines of a Russian cargo craft docked to the ISS.
Asked for NASA's response to Rogozin's outburst, the U.S. space agency said in a statement it was continuing to work with all of its international partners, including Roscosmos, "for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station." Apart from Rogozin's Twitter rhetoric, longstanding U.S.-Russian collaboration aboard the orbiting research platform appeared to otherwise remain on solid footing, even as tensions between the two countries escalated over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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