The International Space Station (ISS) is jeopardized with no Russian support to operate critical systems of the space station as the sanctions had this unforeseen effect.
Threats of getting struck by space junk, even having a US astronaut marooned in space, and worse, a possible crash in US territory. NASA has been alerted to this by warnings sent by the Russian Space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin.
International Space Station Compromised
According to Russian Space Agency head Dmitry Rogozin, who issued this threat due to the sanctions imposed by the US and NATO, dangers like space junk hitting the international space station are more likely. Still, the loss of assistance saw the space vehicle crash inadvertently, the Express UK reported.
The Russian Space Agency head said that one of the worst consequences of the sanctions is that US astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who is scheduled to hitch a ride back on Russian spacecraft, could be abandoned.
Without it, he'll be on his own if the return to Earth in three weeks does not push through, which the sanctions have impacted the safety of the US astronaut.
Russian Claims To Crash the ISS
NASA got a harsh reminder from Rogozin that space station needs Russian operators to help move from dangerous space junk; blaming NASA if parts of the massive space station would crash on the United States, cited the Mirror UK.
Former US astronaut Scott Kelly had stated the threats were senseless. Kelly said they were wild claims done by the Russian Space Agency.
He commented on the possible crash of surviving parts of the ISS on US territory as farfetched and not based on reality. He added the claim for Russian support is not realistic, he said.
The US can control the space station without the Russian Space Agency's assistance as the space station is composed of two sections, the US and Russian, as it was put together.
This critical component of the station is the Orbital Segment controlled by Russia and United States Orbital Segment that play a significant part in steering the large spacecraft in orbit, noted Space.
After Moscow sent forces rolling from the Donbas and Lugansk separatist regions, a political contest started. The key point is the sanctions that are supposed to hurt the Kremlin have extended to financial assaults of non-combatant Russians, which have been highlighted as ineffective.
A dragged-on online scuffle between Rogozin and Kelly, in disparaging remarks on social media, has gone viral. One video shared by the Russian Space Agency official recorded cosmonauts covering British and United States flags on their Russian Soyuz rockets. He added that their rockets better do without the unsightly flags of other countries.
Kelly answered that these flags represent the countries that assisted the Russian space program. He spat back at Rogozin to instead look for a job at McDonald's, a restaurant that recently abandoned its business in Russian due to the recent conflict with Ukraine. Many firms left Moscow due to the effect of sanctions on its economy, affecting consumers the most.
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, states that it will not sell any more rocket engines used on US spacecraft, affecting the US space program. Recently, Russia also refused to send OneWeb satellites into space despite the scheduled launch.
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