“For now, we continue to fly together and will continue to fly until 2024.

I know that NASA has already made this decision, other international partners are discussing and are ready to make a decision, and we are starting to discuss with our government the extension of our participation in the ISS program.

I hope we get permission to continue (participation. -

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) next year, ”TASS quotes Krikalev.

Earlier, Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov said that Russia is highly likely to continue participating in the International Space Station (ISS) project until 2028.

He stressed that the Russian orbital station should be open to work with friendly countries.