Moscow-Sana
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov announced today that his country intends to withdraw from the International Space Station project after four years.
"Russia is planning to establish its own national space station because the International Space Station has become very old and in the government they are proposing to speak with foreign partners in advance," Borisov told Russia 1 channel.
The supervisor of the Russian part of the International Space Station (Energia) Vladimir Soloviev announced earlier about the need to establish a new station due to technical problems in the Russian part of the station and said, “Cracks have been discovered in the Russian part of the International Space Station through which air leaks and has been closed. But there is still a small leak. ”
Fifteen members participate in the International Space Station program, five of them are the main members: Russia, the United States of America, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency.
It is noteworthy that construction of the station began in 1998 and the first permanent expedition was launched in 2000.