Russia will withdraw from the ISS as soon as 2025

Russia plans to leave the International Space Station at the end of the year, according to the head of the state-run space agency.

In a meeting with Putin, Borisov made the announcement that he was the new head of the agency.

Borisov said that the decision to leave the station had been made. The Russian Orbital Service Station is a plan to build an exclusively Russian space station.

Borisov's predecessor, Dmitry Rogozin, made similar claims in June 2021 and April and May 2022. The nation's invasion of Ukraine has led to an increase in sanctions against Russia.

According to The New York Times, NASA didn't receive a formal notice about Russia's withdrawal. NASA hopes to continue the operations of the International Space Station through the year 2030.

The first module of the International Space Station was launched in 1998. The station is made up of the US, Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan.

Science historian Jordan Bimm told USA Today that the space station's future operations could be complicated by Russia's pullout.

It could be a nightmare if Russia wanted to make it for NASA.

One section is run by NASA and the other by Russia. Much of the station's power is generated by an array of solar panels. The Russian section helps push the space station into a higher altitude so that it doesn't fall to Earth. The remaining partner nations will need to find another way to keep the International Space Station in the air.

The withdrawal will take some time according to a Russian military and space analyst. Russia's refusal to extend the station's operation is likely to be the reason for this.

In January 2031, NASA will allow the International Space Station to fall into a remote corner of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, in order to decommission the aging space station. Several new commercial space stations are expected to be launched by the late 2020s.

It was originally published on Live Science