cooperation

Romania signs the Artemis Accords for space exploration cooperation

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The country of Romania has signed the Artemis Accords, becoming the 16th nation to join the NASA-led project for cooperation in space.  Romanian Space Agency President and CEO Marius-Ioan Piso signed the accords for peaceful exploration of the moon and space on Tuesday (March 1) during a virtual ceremony at the country’s Ministry of Foreign … Read more

Russia stops rocket engine sales to US as space cooperation frays

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The decades-old space partnership between Russia and the West may be going up in smoke, another victim of the invasion of Ukraine.   Early Thursday morning (March 3), London-based company OneWeb announced that it’s suspending launches of its satellites from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The decision came after Russia’s federal space agency, Roscosmos, … Read more

Germany switches off black hole telescope on Russian satellite, halts space cooperation

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A German-built space telescope making the largest ever map of black holes in the universe has been switched off after Germany halted all science cooperation with Russia to protest that country’s invasion of Ukraine.  The black hole-hunting telescope, called eROSITA, launched in 2019 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Russian-built Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma satellite. The … Read more

NASA works to maintain Russian cooperation in space while eyeing ‘operational flexibility’

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NASA is continuing to operate the International Space Station (ISS) as usual alongside Russia and the agency’s other partners, but is weighing its options for the future amid Russia’s ongoing invasion in Ukraine, the agency’s top space operations official said Monday (Feb. 28). “We understand this the global situation where it is, but as a … Read more

Europe’s space chief says cooperation with Russia will continue, but experts aren’t so sure

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Business with Russia continues as usual amid the escalating situation in Ukraine, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) chief said on Friday (Feb. 25). But it’s unclear if the partnership can survive Russia’s recent aggression, experts say. On Friday, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher released a statement via Twitter addressing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and … Read more

Despite Roscosmos Chief’s Hostile Tweets, NASA Says ISS Cooperation Will Continue

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has placed a question mark over the future of the International Space Station, long a symbol of post-Cold War cooperation, where astronauts and cosmonauts proudly live and work side-by-side.   The outpost was the subject of a menacing Twitter thread by Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin, who warned Thursday that … Read more