Nasa explores how to keep international space station in orbit without Russian help

The international space station is in the process of being kept out of Russian hands, but there are no signs that Moscow is pulling out.

The US side of the international space station supplies power and life support, while Russia uses docked Progress to periodically give the station a boost to maintain its altitude.

Russia's space chief raised the possibility of pulling out of the partnership in response to US sanctions.

Kathy Lueders, who heads the agency's human spaceflight program, said that a reboost capability had been offered.

Can we have additional capability? She said.

The International Space Station will fall in 2031.

The operations at the space station were going well, and we weren't getting any indications that our counterparts weren't committed.

She said that they always look for how to get more operational flexibility and how to add different capabilities.

The first vessel to boast a capacity without Russian help was the last one that arrived at the International Space Station.

On Friday, Musk responded to a question about who would save the International Space Station by posting his company's logo.

It would be difficult for us to be operating on our own, and that's why we have contingency plans.

It would be a sad day for international operations if we can't continue to operate peacefully in space.

The International Space Station has been a symbol of post cold war detente for more than 21 years. The demise of US-Russian space cooperation could be hastened by the invasion of Ukraine.