INTL Russia will end its participation in the International Space Station.

[Melodi]

I've been looking all over the web for more information on this one - I have it from here on Twitter and a personal source who should know (but I can't name) - anyone with more information please post -

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Russia will end its participation in the International Space Station, staring from 2025, Deputy PM Yuri Borisov told national TV today. Moscow is already working on a new station, without American involvement this time, to replace the current one.

Russia to withdraw from International Space Station starting from 2025, deputy PM confirms, as...
Russia will end its participation in the International Space Station after it reaches the end of its planned lifespan in 2024, a senior official has confirmed. Moscow is already working on a new...
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[Melodi]

Here we go, I just saw the link at the bottom..

Russia to withdraw from International Space Station starting from 2025, deputy PM confirms, as Moscow works on replacement

Russia will end its participation in the International Space Station after it reaches the end of its planned lifespan in 2024, a senior official has confirmed. Moscow is already working on a new station to replace the current one.

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Russia to withdraw from International Space Station starting from 2025, deputy PM confirms, as Moscow works on replacement
18 Apr, 2021 14:45
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Russia will end its participation in the International Space Station after it reaches the end of its planned lifespan in 2024, a senior official has confirmed. Moscow is already working on a new station to replace the current one.
Moscow will “notify [partnering countries] about its withdrawal from the ISS starting from 2025,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told TV channel Rossiya-1 on Sunday. He added that the country would hold consultations with other nations about future cooperation once the station ceased to function.

The deputy prime minister’s office told the TASS news agency that “reports of malfunctions have become more frequent in recent times,” and an inspection of the ISS is required to avoid possible emergencies.
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Astronauts have struggled to fix air leaks, due to cracks appearing in some of the modules. Vladimir Solovyev, the deputy head of Energia, which led the development of the ISS on Russia’s behalf, said in November that several elements of the station had been damaged beyond replacement and would be shut down after 2025. Energia is currently working on the Russia Orbital Space Station that is set to replace the ISS.

The first element of the ISS was launched in 1998. The station’s lifespan was eventually extended to 2020 and later to 2024.
The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said last year that after the ISS stops functioning, Progress cargo spacecraft will pull it from orbit. The ISS will then descend into the ocean the same way Russia’s Mir space station did back in 2001.

 

[TerryK]

Actually, It;s been in the news that Russia is teaming up with China to go to the moon and establish a base.

 

[Meadowlark]

They have fallen way behind spacex. Just sealing their own demise space wise. You dont just spy and steal such technology. You still have to perfect it. They are better off cooperating with us. Even the chinese will soon leave them in the dust.

 

[WalknTrot]

That money pit should have been dozed 10 years ago. Nothing but a poor excuse for NASA to dawdle.

 

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Russia hands over last RD-180 rocket engines to US under existing deal - Science & Space - TASS

16 APR, 10:03
Russia hands over last RD-180 rocket engines to US under existing deal
The United States has received 122 RD-180 rocket engines over more than 20 years of cooperation

MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Russia’s Energomash Research and Production Association (part of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos) handed over six RD-180 engines to the US side, Roscosmos announced on Friday.

"On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, a ceremony was held at the Energomash Association named after Academician Glushko to hand over six RD-180 engines to the US customers. Representatives of Pratt & Whitney, United Launch Alliance and RD Amross signed the record forms on the engines," Roscosmos said in a statement.

This will be the last shipment under the existing contract, Roscosmos specified.

The RD-180 liquid propellant rocket engine developed and manufactured by Energomash is intended for use in the US Atlas family of launch vehicles. Overall, Energomash has delivered 122 RD-180 rocket engines to the United States over more than 20 years of cooperation, the statement says.