Western sanctions introduced against Russia could cause the fall of the international space station, said Dmitri Rogozine, the boss of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said this Saturday, March 12, on Saturday March 12, asking for their lifting.
According to him, the functioning of the Russian vessels supplying the ISS will be disturbed by the sanctions, consequently affecting the Russian segment of the station, which is used in particular to correct the orbit of the orbital structure.
Consequently, this could cause the ISS ‘hardening or landing “weighing 500 tonnes,” said Roscosmos boss noting that Russia is largely safe.