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Roscosmos and NASA Forge Technical Teams to Extend ISS Operations to 2030

The space chiefs agreed to resume joint lunar mission planning with reciprocal high-level trips scheduled later in the year.

Astronauts, from left, Oleg Platonov, of Russia, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui, of Japan, pose for a photo as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Astronauts, from left, Oleg Platonov, of Russia, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui, of Japan react as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, left, with the crew Dragon capsule attached, sits on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Astronaut Zena Cardman waves as she leaves the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Overview

  • Dmitry Bakanov and acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy held their second in-person talks since late July to strengthen bilateral space ties
  • They committed to convene expert working groups tasked with finalizing International Space Station operations through 2030
  • Discussions covered restarting collaboration on lunar and deep space missions that stalled after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
  • Both agencies will seek formal clearances from Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump before moving ahead on new cooperative projects
  • Bakanov invited Duffy to visit Moscow and Kazakhstan’s Baikonur launch facility for a joint crew launch in November and further coordination