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Russia and the U.S. will soon be able to announce new joint projects on the International Space Station (ISS). It is a joint scientific research.
“Roscosmos set the task to intensify performed on the ISS science program. We are ready for this. Specifically, we discuss with our American partners the possibility of consolidating resources of the Russian segment of the ISS and the U.S. to work together to make the research. Scientists could use technical capabilities available on board with us, and partners. possible to speak to more actively engage in the research program of the crew “- told the newspaper” Izvestia “, First Deputy Director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Orlov.
According to Orlov, the Russian-American group on space biology and medicine for more than forty years and she did not stop working even “in the most tense moments of the Cold War.” “In April this year after the announcement of sanctions by NASA as part of the joint working group on space biology and medicine, we have discussed the issues with our American partners the joint organization of experiments: their status, what is considered a joint experiment, as to regulate the sharing of time crews and so on. simultaneously work colleagues who are engaged in biology, and the group responsible for the medical and physiological studies, they discuss the possibilities of cooperation in the process of planned annual flight astronaut on the ISS, “- said Orlov. He said that among the projects under discussion – experiments on new U.S. module adapted for keeping animals.
In Moscow office of NASA newspaper did not give a comment on the negotiations of Russian and American scientists. Roscosmos employee whose duties include including communication with NASA, told the publication that Americans accept with enthusiasm the idea of joint scientific experiments. “In the process of informal dialogue Americans have recently sought to demonstrate constructivism and optimism. They make it clear that the sanctions announced – just curtsey to Washington bureaucrats,” – said the newspaper.
Previously, NASA has suspended cooperation with Russia because of disagreement between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, but made an exception for those projects in which interested the Americans, in particular for the ISS (Americans can get to the ISS only Russian “Soyuz”). Shortly thereafter, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter suggested Americans “to take its astronauts to the ISS using the trampoline”.
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