The US space agency “NASA” has complained about the impact of Western sanctions on Russia on the work of the agency and on the work of American astronauts.
At the meeting of the Space Security Advisory Group, the effects of sanctions against Russia on cooperation between the USA and Russia in the field of space and space industries were recorded by “SpaceNews”, one of the consultants of the US Department of Security. .
“As we have seen over the past few months, geopolitical sanctions in Russia have created an environment where some administrative challenges have become apparent,” said Susan Helms, a former astronaut. rank.
Helms added that despite the decline of foreign airlines or the cancellation of flights to Moscow and the suspension of foreign bank operations in Russia, credit cards are not working and Microsoft has stopped selling goods and service. The services in Russia, the Russian and American sides are doing their best, they are trying to maintain relations in the space field.
He said NASA “strongly” supports the idea of a “transit flight” in which NASA astronauts fly the Russian “Soyuz” spacecraft and Russian cosmonauts travel to the International Space Station on the American private Dragon spacecraft.
Source: RIA Novosti
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