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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, April 1 (Xinhua) – Despite sanctions, Russia continues to cooperate with the United States in human spaceflight. Dmitry Bakanov, head of the Russian state corporation Roscosmos, announced this in a speech to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
"Despite the sanctions, we continue to cooperate with the United States of America within the framework of the program of cross-flights and joint operation of the International Space Station," noted D. Bakanov.
He also reported that Roscosmos has formed a "portfolio of projects with 14 friendly countries worth over 43 billion rubles (approximately 529.2 million US dollars)." "About 20 contracts are currently under negotiation," the head of Roscosmos added.
According to him, Roscosmos, in 2025, prepared, "together with its Kazakh partners, ground infrastructure for the launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket." "The International Scientific Lunar Station project is developing with China. The Russian Academy of Sciences has approved the concept for the creation of its Russian segment," D. Bakanov said.
Touching on the state corporation's plans for 2026, he noted that this year Roscosmos will launch one manned and three cargo spacecraft, and work is underway to create a nuclear rocket engine. –0–
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