Amazon Quiz: Which country has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024?
USA
UK
Russia
Germany
Answer: Russia
Russia’s space agency has decided to stop participating in the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and concentrate on building its own orbital outpost.
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The space outpost is a cooperative project between Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan.
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Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said, “Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made,” as per Al Jazeera.
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Borisov, who was appointed by Putin earlier this month as part of a restructuring of the Russian space agency, declared that Russia would “begin to form” the hypothetical Russian Orbital Station (ROSS) as it withdraws from the multilateral project.
Borisov’s remarks confirmed earlier statements made by Russian space officials about Moscow’s intention to leave the space outpost in the upcoming years.
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The International Space Station (ISS), which was launched in 1998 and has been continuously occupied since November 2000, serves as a hub for astronauts to conduct a variety of research projects 400 kilometres (250 miles) above Earth.
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