NASA says it will continue to work with Russia's Roscosmos space agency aboard the International Space Station despite new sanctions against the country over its invasion of Ukraine.
"NASA continues working with all our international partners, including the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station," a spokesperson for the agency told FOX Business. "The new export control measures will continue to allow U.S.-Russia civil space cooperation. No changes are planned to the agency’s support for ongoing in orbit and ground station operations.
"Putin is the aggressor," Biden said. "Putin chose this war, and now he and this country will bear the consequences.", export controls from the Bureau of Industry and Security will target Russia's defense, aerospace and maritime sectors, cutting off the country's access to "vital technological inputs" and undercutting its "strategic ambitions to exert influence on the world stage.
"Russia’s actions are an immediate danger to those living in Ukraine, but also pose a real threat to democracy throughout the world," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement Thursday. "By acting decisively and in close coordination with our allies and partners, we are sending a clear message today that the United States of America will not tolerate Russia's aggression against a democratically-elected government.
One of the four NASA astronauts, Mark Vande Hei, is slated to return home from the ISS on March 30 via a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Upon returning home, Vande Hei willThis Nov. 8, 2021, photo provided by The International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour.
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