Four US astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts aboard International Space Station are 'largely isolated' from tensions over Ukraine invasion
The four U.S. astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station have been 'largely isolated' from tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to the former head of the National Space Council.
Relations between the U.S. and Russia in space have also not been impeded by political conflicts on Earth, said Scott Pace, who was the Trump administration's executive secretary of the space council.
Four NASA astronauts, two Russian cosmonauts and one European astronaut are currently on the space station.
The former space council official noted that the space station is not 'invincible' and 'does exist in a larger context of U.S.-Russia relations.'
'Given our mutual dependence, however, and given the good working relationship we have at the technical level, I don't see anything happening to the station in the near term, despite events on Earth,' he said.
'It´s possible to imagine a break with Russia that would endanger the space station, but that would be at the level of dropping diplomatic relations,' Pace added.
International Space Station is 'largely isolated' from tensions over Ukraine invasion | Daily Mail Online