Russia and USA conduct dialogues about new projects to ISS
Despite an all-out confrontation, Russia and the U.S. will soon be able to announce new joint projects at the international space station (ISS). The story is about the General research. About it to " Izvestia " said 1st Deputy Director of the Institute of medical and biological issues of RAS Oleg Orlov.
according to him, the Russian space Agency has set a task to intensify ISS scientific program." We are ready for it. For example, discussed with the American partners the possibility of consolidating resources of the Russian and American segment of the ISS, so that part of research to make the joint. Scientists could apply the technical possibilities that exist in the cabin and the us and the partners. We can talk about the fact that greater involvement of the crew in the scientific program, " said Orlov.
Speaking about new projects with the Americans went not the easiest time for Russian-American relations in the space sphere. In early April, NASA said that because of the situation in Ukraine shall suspend all contacts with Russian governmental bodies, up to the correspondence by e-mail. An exception is made for programs ISS (where American citizens no room to maneuver, to the ISS, they have the opportunity to get only on the Russian ship " Union " ), and for biological research in space (research program on satellites " Bion " ). Simultaneously, ISS was mentioned in the list of Russian responses to U.S. punishment: According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russia is not interested in the use of the station after 2020 (earlier there was a preliminary agreement on the extension of the life of the ISS until 2024).
According to Orlov, the Russian-American mutual working group on space biology and medicine for more than forty years. She didn't stop activities even in the most tense moments of the cold war.
in the Moscow office of NASA did not explain the talks of the Russian and American scientists. The employee of Roscosmos, who have the duty and among them communication with NASA, said that the idea of a joint scientific experiments is perceived by the Americans with enthusiasm.
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