Russia-US restore dialogue on space cooperation

Russia and the US returned to talks after five years, discussing the ISS, lunar exploration and important space cooperation, opening up new opportunities for bilateral cooperation.

According to a VNA correspondent in Russia, in a remarkable step forward in space cooperation, leaders of Russian and US space agencies held their first talks after a five-year hiatus, opening up new prospects for bilateral relations in this field.

At the meeting, Director of the Russian Space Research Corporation (Roskosmos) Dmitry Bakanov and US Secretary of Transportation and Director of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Sean Duffy discussed many important issues such as maintaining the operation of the International Space Station (ISS), promoting lunar and deep space exploration programs, as well as continuing to implement the cross-flight program.

The two sides have established a joint working group to study options for removing the ISS from safe orbit as well as plans to sink the station in the future.
According to a statement from Roskosmos, both sides stressed the importance of maintaining dialogue and cooperation in the current context.

This meeting marks the resumption of high-level dialogue between the two space agencies since the last one took place in October 2018, when it was led by Dmitry Rogozin (Roskosmos) and Jim Bridenstine (NASA)./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/nga-my-khoi-phuc-doi-thoai-ve-hop-tac-vu-tru-post1053079.vnp