Russia says it was leaving the International Space Station after 2024 amid tensions with the West, in a move analysts warned could lead to a halt to manned flights.
Space experts say the departure from the International Space Station would seriously affect the country’s space sector and deal a major blow to the program of manned flights, a major source of Russian pride.
The new head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Borisov, says they will start putting together a Russian orbital station while calling it the domestic space program’s main priority.