NASA and the European Space Agency are getting caught up in ripple effects from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The head of Russia’s space agency raised eyebrows last week when he publicly speculated about what would happen if Russia stopped cooperating on the International Space Station (ISS).
In a Twitter rant posted last Thursday on the personal account of Dmitry Rogozin, director-general of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, Rogozin inaccurately suggested Russia’s absence would result in an “uncontrolled deorbit” of the ISS.