Russia, US extend cross-flight program to Int’l Space Station

Russia’s Roscosmos and NASA have extended the cross-flight program on the International Space Station (ISS), according to the press service of the Russian state corporation, Report informs referring to Russian media.

“In 2023, in order to maintain the reliability of the functioning of the ISS as a whole and to ensure the presence in the Russian segment of at least one representative of Roscosmos and the presence in the US segment of at least one NASA representative, an agreement was reached with American partners to continue cross-flights until 2025 inclusive,” reads the report.

In July and December 2023, Moscow and Washington signed two amendments to the agreement between Roscosmos and NASA on flights of integrated crews on Russian and American manned spacecraft.

The ISS is a joint international project in which 14 countries participate.