--- title: "Russia is All Set to Leave International Space Station by 2024" description: "Russia on Tuesday decided to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, the newly-appointed chief of Moscow's space agency has told to" author: "Siddhi Shaw" published: 2022-07-27 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1796/russia-is-all-set-to-leave-international-space-station-by-2024 category: "breaking news" tags: ["russia", "space science"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Russia is All Set to Leave International Space Station by 2024 **Russia** has made a made a clear decision on **Tuesday**, that it would withdraw from the **[International Space Station](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1352/the-international-space-station-will-be-decommissioned-by-nasa-in-january-2031)** after **2024**, the newly-[appointed chief](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32634/in-1912-who-was-appointed-chief-architect-in-delhi) of Moscow's space agency has put forward its own decision in front of the **President Vladimir Putin**. This decision was signaling towards the end of a joint project that was served as a key image of **Post-Cold War** cooperation with **Washington**. ``` HIGHLIGHTS Russia’s decision signaling towards the end of a joint project with Washington Borisov claimed the space industry to be in 'difficult situation' As per Russia, working with Chinese space program is better than with NASA ``` The move came by as **Moscow** and the **West** had a clash over the **Kremlin's war** that broke out in **Ukraine**. This has made people to cast new doubt over the future of [global collaboration](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114315/how-can-global-collaboration-enhance-pandemic-preparedness-and-response-strategies) in space. Russia has been intimating that it could see a better future if it would have a cooperative effort with the **Chinese space program** rather than with **[NASA](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1494/nasa-insist-the-international-space-station-unaffected-by-ukraine-russia-war)**, who has been its main partner from last 25 years. **Russia** and the **US** have been working side by side on ISS that was in orbit since **1998**. According to **Yury Borisov**, who was appointed as **Roscosmos** chief in mid-July told Putin that '**Of course, we would fulfill all our obligations to our partner however the choice to leave this station after 2024 has been created**.' He added that '**I assume that by this point we would start putting together the Russian orbital station**,' by calling it the space programme's main '**priority**.' In response to Kremlin's released comment Putin has replied as '**Good**' for such comments. Well, till now [space exploration](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302957/spacetech-surges-recent-breakthroughs-in-space-exploration) was considered to be one of the few areas where cooperation between [Russia](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1457/russian-space-chief-warns-iss-may-crash-in-india-after-us-sanctions-over-russia) and US along with its allies had not been destroyed by tensions over [Ukraine](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1463/russia-ukraine-war-s-impact-in-the-internet-of-ukraine-and-russia) and somewhere else. ![Russia is All Set to Leave International Space Station by 2024](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/645947/37bdb90c-da1d-47e4-967b-d07a865964c3/images/448d4925-900e-4faf-a75b-8a25a03e8da2.jpeg)\ As per Borisov it could be claimed that the space industry was in '**difficult situation**.' He even mentioned that he would look for the ways '**to raise the bar, and first of all, to provide the Russian economy with the mandatory space services**, ' In terms of navigation, communication, and data transmission, among different things. Though, from sending the first man into space in **1961** then by launching the first satellite four years earlier are among key accomplishments of the **Soviet space programme**. Well, it remains as a major source of national pride in Russia. But according to the experts the [Russian space](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1537/russian-space-chief-says-sanctions-could-put-international-space-station-at-risk) agency remains within the shadow of its former self. Along with it, in recent years it had suffered a series of setbacks such as with corruption scandals and the loss of variety of satellites and different other [spacecraft](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1418/the-juno-spacecraft-from-nasa-has-released-images-of-jupiter-and-its-moon). Also Read: [Axiom Space as the company to send the second private astronaut to the International Space Station](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1038/axiom-space-as-the-company-to-send-the-second-private-astronaut-to-the-international-space-station) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1796/russia-is-all-set-to-leave-international-space-station-by-2024 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.