“This is a unique relationship in which we can peacefully cooperate with each other, no matter what kind of rivalry we have on Earth,” Nelson told Politico newspaper.

He noted that Russia and the United States are partners in space, and he would not like "this to stop."

Earlier, the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin expressed the hope that NASA would form a position on cooperation with the Russian state corporation for the meeting of the leaders of Russia and the United States in Geneva.