"Roscosmos" and NASA synchronized the expected dates for the completion of the ISS operation

"Roscosmos" and NASA have synchronized the likely completion dates of the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the state corporation Yuri Borisov said on December 24.

"In order not to have any interruptions in the manned program, we have synchronized the estimated ISS completion dates that we are discussing with our American colleagues," he said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Around the same period when the Russian Federation will withdraw from the ISS program, manned flights to the Russian orbital station will be launched, Borisov specified.

He recalled that the first ROS module is planned to be put into orbit in 2027, which will be followed by the launch of several more. The first manned flights are planned from 2028, and the completion of the new station will occur at the turn of 2032-2033.

At the moment, Russia's participation in the ISS program has been extended until 2028, recalled "Gazeta.Ru".

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Earlier, on December 9, Borisov said that the scenario of the termination of the ISS operation will be clarified with the arrival of the new NASA administration. Joint plans with U.S. colleagues concerned its vaulting from orbit at the turn of 2030, he pointed out.

Before that, September 12, the head of Roscosmos said that the state corporation and NASA will continue to work on the program of cross-flights to the ISS after the spring of 2025. The fact of continued cooperation in this area confirmed and the American side.