Russia Says It's Definitely Quitting the ISS But Doesn't Say When Exactly

The International Space Station will be leaving at some point in the future, but it's not clear how long that will take.

Russia is building its own space station. The country severed its ties with the international space community after the invasion of Ukraine.

Just two weeks ago, former deputy prime minister Yuri Borisov took over as the head of Roscosmos, replacing outspoken warmongers.

Borisov said during a meeting with Putin that the decision about withdrawing from the station was made. By that time, we will have a Russian station.

Putin is said to have replied with good.

Joey Roulette asked for clarification on Russia's space station plans and a spokeswoman for the agency referred him to Borisov's comments.

We don't know when Russia will leave the station as "after 2024" leaves a lot of other interpretations open.

NASA plans to keep the International Space Station running until at least 2030.

The withdrawal will take some time, according to a Russian military and space analyst. Russia has refused to extend the station's operation up until 2030.

It's even more awkward that NASA's director for the International Space Station has yet to hear from her counterpart in Russia.

Gatens said there was nothing official yet. We witnessed that as well. We haven't received any official news.

Borisov's comments come at the same time that NASA's space partners are in attendance at theISSRDC.

The future of the ISS has been threatened before. The long process of disengaging from the outpost began last year.

Experts say the tone is at least somewhat different.

Eric Berger said that this is more official than before. It gives NASA and its international and commercial partners time to prepare the US side for its own flight.

According to a FAQ on NASA's website, Russia provides all of the propulsion for the International Space Station used for station reboost, attitude control, debris avoidance maneuvers and eventually de-orbit operations.

The US provides power via the station's solar array.

If Russia pulls out of the space station, NASA will have to figure out a way to keep it in the air on its own.

The space agency has a way to send astronauts to and from the station without relying on the Russians.

People in the industry are paying attention. NASA should use the opportunity to increase commercial activities on board the aging outpost according to Mike Gold, executive vice president of Redwire.

The future of the International Space Station is not certain. NASA pledges to keep operations going for eight years, but its biggest partner is ready to call it quits sooner than that.

A US official says that Russia hasn't signaled space station withdrawal.

NASA is trying to get funding to send scientists to the space station.