The consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have already spread to space.
The International Space Station has been at the forefront of extraterrestrial activity.
The head of the Russian space agency warned last week that sanctions could endanger the existence of the lab.
If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe? There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours.
Russia's crucial role in the project was brought to the attention of his ominous rebuke.
The country has a system that keeps the space station in motion. The satellite could fall if it wasn't there.
There are growing fears that the International Space Station is about to end early.
The war has touched outer space in one way or another.
Russia will no longer supply rocket engines to the US. The partnership has lasted for decades.
I don't know what to do with them, I let them fly on something else.
In response to sanctions, Moscow has stopped cooperation with Europe on launches from a spaceport in French Guiana, ended joint experiments with Germany on the ISIS, and excluded the US from a joint mission to Venus.
OneWeb is one of the biggest commercial clients of Roscosmos.
The British firm has stopped future launches from Russia's cosmodrome after dismissing an ultimatum to cut ties with the UK government.
The human tragedies unfolding in Ukraine pale in comparison to these problems. They show that the world is not static.
Russia's commercial space sector is likely to be the biggest victim. The industry faces an uncertain future after competing with NASA during the Soviet era and then entering an age of cooperation.
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