Overview

• Roscosmos chief Dmitri Bakanow and NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy reached the extension during their first high-level talks in eight years.
• The agencies launched joint work on a controlled deorbit plan aiming for a safe ocean splashdown by 2030.
• The agreement highlights the ISS as one of the few remaining areas of U.S.-Russia cooperation since Western sanctions over Ukraine.
• The Crew-11 mission, which includes Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonow, was delayed after its launch was aborted due to bad weather.
• With many partnerships on hold, Soyuz spacecraft continue as the primary crew ferry for ongoing station rotations.