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The curious case of Russia’s charm offensive with NASA this week

Although NASA and its counterpart in Russia, Roscosmos, continue to work together on a daily basis, the leaders of the two organizations have not held face-to-face meetings since the middle of the first Trump administration, back in October 2018. A lot has changed in the nearly eight years since then, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the rocky departure of Roscosmos leader Dmitry Rogozin in 2022 who was subsequently dispatched to the front lines of the war, several changes in NASA lea

The Space Station’s Russian Segment Won’t Stop Leaking Air

A pesky air leak on the International Space Station (ISS) just won’t quit. Although the crew hoped they had sealed the last crack on the Russian module, long-term observations revealed that the ISS is still leaking air. During a recent press conference, a Roscosmos official told reporters that recent attempts to fix the leak have slowed down the rate of air leaving the space station but that it’s not yet completely sealed. “The leak is ongoing,” Russian news agency TASS reported. “We continue o

Head of Russian Space Program Touches Down in Texas

As US-Russia relations deteriorate — with president Donald Trump escalating his economic policy threats to force a ceasefire deal with Ukraine — the two countries' intertwined space exploration programs remain as strange as ever. Look no further than Texas, where the two nations' space agencies are looking to hang out in person. As Reuters reports, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Bokanov, arrived in Houston this week to meet with interim NASA administrator and transportatio

NASA Delays Private Mission to ISS as Russian Module Leak Worsens

A concerning development with an air leak on the International Space Station (ISS) has prompted NASA to indefinitely delay the launch of Axiom Mission 4 for ongoing investigations. On Thursday, NASA announced that it was working with Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, to understand a “new pressure signature” in a segment of the Zvezda service module. As a result, NASA and Axiom Space postponed the launch of the company’s fourth private mission to the ISS, which was scheduled for Wednesday, witho