Overview

• Russia's federal space agency, Roscosmos, has announced that Russia and the United States will continue their partnership on cross-flights to the International Space Station (ISS) until 2025.
• Cross-flights involve sending crews from multiple countries onto the same spacecraft, with at least one representative from each country in their respective sections of the ISS.
• The decision to extend the cross-flights was made to maintain the reliability of the ISS operation.
• Previously, Russia had planned to pull out of the ISS after 2024 to focus on creating its own space station.
• NASA has committed to maintaining the ISS until at least 2030.