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The confirmation of the long-mooted move comes as ties unravel between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine and several rounds of devastating sanctions against Russia<\/a>, including its space sector<\/a>.
Space experts said Russia's departure from the International<\/a> Space Station would seriously affect the country's space sector and deal a significant blow to its programme of crewed flights, a major source of Russian pride.
\"Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made,\" Yury Borisov, the new head of Russian space agency Roscosmos<\/a>, told President Vladimir Putin, according to a Kremlin account of their meeting.
\"I think that by this time we will start putting together a Russian orbital station,\" Borisov added, calling it the domestic space programme's main \"priority\".
\"Good,\" Putin replied.
The ISS<\/a> is due to be retired after 2024, although US space agency NASA<\/a> says it can remain operational until at least 2030.
The ISS was launched in 1998 at a time of hope for US-Russia cooperation following their Space Race competition during the Cold War.
The United States said it was taken by surprise by the announcement.
\"It's an unfortunate development given the critical scientific work performed at the ISS, the valuable professional collaboration our space agencies have had over the years,\" State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
In a statement to AFP, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the agency \"has not been made aware of decisions from any of the partners, though we are continuing to build future capabilities to assure our major presence in low-Earth orbit\".
Until now, space exploration has been one of the few areas where cooperation between Russia and the United States and its allies had not been wrecked by tensions over Ukraine and elsewhere.
- 'Like an old woman's flat'- Russia is heavily reliant on imports of everything from manufacturing equipment to consumer goods, and the effects of Western sanctions are expected to wreak havoc on the country's economy in the long term.
Space expert Vadim Lukashevich said space science cannot flourish in a heavily sanctioned country.
\"If the ISS ceases to exist in 2024, we will have nowhere to fly,\" Lukashevich told AFP. \"At stake is the very preservation of manned flights in Russia, the birthplace of cosmonautics.\"
Pointing to Russia's growing scientific and technological isolation, Lukashevich said the authorities could not plan more than several months in advance and added that even if Russia builds an orbiting station, it would be a throwback to the 1980s.
\"It will be archaic, like an old woman's flat, with a push-button telephone and a record player,\" he said.
Space analyst Vitaly Yegorov struck a similar note, saying it was next to impossible to build a new orbiting station from scratch in a few years.
\"Neither in 2024, nor in 2025, nor in 2026 will there be a Russian orbital station,\" Yegorov told AFP.
He added that creating a fully-fledged space station would take at least a decade of \"the most generous funding\".
Yegorov said Russia's departure from the ISS meant Moscow might have to put on ice its programme of manned flights \"for several years\" or even \"indefinitely\".
The move could also see Russia abandon its chief spaceport, Baikonur, which it is renting from Kazakhstan, Yegorov said.
Russian Soyuz rockets were the only way to reach the International Space Station until SpaceX<\/a>, run by billionaire Elon Musk, debuted a capsule in 2020.
- 'Difficult to restore' - The Soviet space programme can boast of a number of key accomplishments, including sending the first man into space in 1961 and launching the first satellite four years earlier. These feats remain a major source of national pride in Russia.
But experts say Roscosmos is now a shadow of its former self and has in recent years suffered a series of setbacks, including corruption scandals and the loss of a number of satellites and other spacecraft.
Borisov, appointed in mid-July, replaced Dmitry Rogozin, a firebrand politician known for his bombastic statements.
Rogozin had previously warned that without cooperation from Moscow, the ISS could de-orbit and fall on US or European territory.
In a possible sign of disagreement with Borisov, Vladimir Solovyov, chief designer at spacecraft manufacturer Energia, said Russia should not rush to quit the ISS.
\"If we halt manned flights for several years, then it will be very difficult to restore what has been achieved,\" he was quoted as telling the Russky Cosmos magazine.
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长期酝酿的确认,领带解开克里姆林宫和西方之间在莫斯科的军事干预在乌克兰和几轮毁灭性的制裁俄罗斯,包括其空间领域。
航天专家说,俄罗斯的背离国际空间站将严重影响国家的空间领域和重大打击的载人飞行计划,俄罗斯的主要来源的骄傲。
“当然,我们会履行我们所有的义务,我们的合作伙伴,但2024年后决定离开这个车站,”尤里·鲍里索夫,俄罗斯航天局的新负责人俄罗斯宇航局告诉总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)根据克里姆林宫帐户的会议。
“我认为,通过这一次我们将开始组建俄罗斯轨道空间站,”鲍里索夫说,称其国内太空计划的主要“优先级”。
“好,”普京说。
的国际空间站将退休的2024年之后,尽管美国航天局吗美国国家航空航天局说,它可以保持运营至少到2030年。
国际空间站于1998年推出的时候希望俄合作太空竞赛后冷战时期的竞争。
美国说这是惊的公告。
“这是一个不幸的发展在国际空间站执行的关键科学工作,宝贵的专业协作空间机构多年来,”美国国务院发言人Ned价格说。
法新社在一份声明中,美国宇航局局长比尔纳尔逊说,该机构“没有意识到的任何合作伙伴的决定,尽管我们正在继续构建未来的能力保证我们主要出现在近地轨道”。
直到现在,太空探索是为数不多的几个地区俄罗斯和美国及其盟国之间的合作没有被紧张局势的乌克兰和其他地方。
——就像一个老妇女的公寓——俄罗斯是严重依赖进口的从生产设备到消费品,和西方制裁的影响预计将摧毁这个国家的经济在长期内。
太空专家瓦迪姆Lukashevich说空间科学不能在一个严重制裁的国家。
“如果国际空间站不再存在了2024年,我们将无处可飞,“Lukashevich告诉法新社。“利害关系的保存在俄罗斯载人飞行,宇宙航行学的诞生地。”
指向俄罗斯科技隔离,Lukashevich表示,当局不能计划提前几个月以上,补充说,即使俄罗斯建造一个空间站,这将是一个可以追溯到1980年代。
“这将是陈旧的,像一个老妇人的平坦,按键电话和记录的球员,”他说。
空间分析Vitaly Yegorov达成类似的注意,说这是几乎不可能从头开始建立一个新的轨道车站在几年。
“无论是在2024年还是2025年,2026年也会有俄罗斯轨道空间站“Yegorov告诉法新社。
他补充说,建立一个成熟的空间站至少需要十年的“最慷慨的资金”。
Yegorov说,俄罗斯脱离国际空间站意味着莫斯科可能不得不搁置其载人飞行计划“多年”甚至“无限期”。
此举也能看到俄罗斯放弃首席太空船发射降落场,拜科努尔,它从哈萨克斯坦租,Yegorov说。
俄罗斯联盟号火箭之前唯一能到达国际空间站SpaceX公司由亿万富翁Elon Musk亮相2020年胶囊。
——“难以恢复”——苏联太空计划可以拥有许多重要的成就,包括在1961年将第一位宇航员送入太空和四年前发射第一颗卫星。这些壮举仍在俄罗斯民族自豪感的一个主要来源。
但是专家说俄罗斯宇航局现在是从前的阴影和近年来遭受一系列挫折,包括腐败丑闻和失去许多卫星和其他航天器。
鲍里索夫,7月中旬任命,取代罗戈津,煽动政治家著称的夸张语句。
罗戈津从莫斯科曾警告说,如果不合作,国际空间站可能脱轨,落在美国或欧洲的领土。
这可能与鲍里索夫分歧的迹象,主管弗拉基米尔·索洛维约对此表示航天器制造商公司首席设计师说,俄罗斯不应该急于离开国际空间站。
“如果我们停止载人飞行好几年了,那么它将很难恢复所取得的成就,”他援引告诉Russky宇宙杂志。
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