Russia built its own space station, ISS will be killed

The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced it will build its own space station in 2024 by separating the existing modules on the International Space Station (ISS).

The February 25 announcement of Roscosmos said its goal is to build "advanced space facilities for the operation of the national space station, and implement deep space exploration programs." than".

International Space Station (ISS) - (Photo: NASA)

The agency also said it would study the Moon with an unmanned spacecraft, from the moon's orbit and from satellites on Earth, as well as aim to carry out manned missions to the Moon by the year. 2030.

ISS - assembled in orbit from 1998-2011, was made up primarily of modules of Roscosmos and NASA (US Aerospace Agency), along with a number of Japanese and European modules. .

According to the original plan, ISS will "retire" in 2020, but in January 2014, US President Barack Obama announced a plan to extend the ISS operating time to 2024, and possibly by 2028. .

However, this depends on Russian cooperation, because to operate, ISS needs modules from both countries. Recently, due to the stress of being subjected to economic sanctions around the conflict in Ukraine, Russia threatened to withdraw from this project in 2020.

Dark 24/2, Roscosmos announced that it will continue to operate its modules until 2024, then get back to build its own space station. There are currently no comments from NASA and ISS related countries.