NASA told Space.com that civil cooperation between the U.S. and Russia in space will continue.
The new sanctions could cause the International Space Station to crash to Earth in an uncontrollable fashion, according to a different tone from Rogozin. According to the European Space Agency, the Russian segment of the ISS is responsible for guidance, navigation and control. Russian Progress cargo craft give boost to the International Space Station to make sure it doesn't sink too low into Earth's atmosphere. The International Space Station would deorbit naturally without periodic reboosts from Progress freighters.
The first operational reboost of the Cygnus program will be performed at the International Space Station just days ago, and it may eventually transfer this capability to U.S. vehicles as well.
On Saturday Elon Musk "responded by posting the logo of his company, SpaceX." Musk appeared to confirm that SpaceX would get involved, should the ISS fall out of orbit. A Twitter user asked if that's what the tech mogul really meant, to which Musk simply replied: "Yes."
NASA said in a statement to Euronews that it continues to work with other international partners to maintain safe and continuous operations at the International Space Station.
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