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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/24\/22947884\/nasa-russia-space-cooperation-international-space-station-invasion<\/a>
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Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, tensions between the US and Russia are particularly strained here on Earth, prompting concerns that friction could inevitably spill over into the two countries\u2019 longstanding partnership in space. For now, both NASA and Russia say they are still working together to keep the International Space Station operational, as they\u2019ve done during past international turmoil.<\/p>\n

Russia is, by and large, the United States\u2019 biggest working partner in space. NASA and Russia\u2019s state space corporation, Roscosmos, jointly operate the ISS, an orbiting laboratory that has become the primary space destination for astronauts hailing from America, Russia, and other nations across the globe. Roscosmos and NASA have been working together on the ISS for nearly three decades now, but the US-Russian partnership goes back even further than that. The two space organizations coordinated on Russia\u2019s former Mir space station, swapped seats on NASA\u2019s Space Shuttle and Russia\u2019s Soyuz rocket, and even worked together during the Apollo era on the Apollo-Soyuz test project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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