Former Astronaut Says NASA Warned Him to Stop Criticizing Russia

At least for now, it looks like the drama is over.

Scott Kelly said that he backed off of his feud with the head of Russia's space program after the agency sent him and other former astronauts an email warning of the feud.

The space agency's most direct condemnation of Kelly yet was offered in the email seen by CNN. The teacher admonished their students for fighting on the playground.

As Americans, we enjoy freedom of speech and you are free to speak your mind, the email said.

Kelly said that he would stop attacking Rogozin, but he wouldn't say anything about the Russian invasion.

I backed off after seeing the email. I didn't have to, but I respect NASA and the official that sent it, and I will continue to oppose the war in Russian.

The invasion of Ukraine started the whole kerfuffle. He has been posting pro-Putin and anti-US propaganda on the internet and has made his feelings clear.

The chief of the Russian agency threatened to destroy the International Space Station if it fell to Earth. Kelly, a veteran of four space flights and a former commander of the International Space Station, wanted to hit back.

The situation has gotten bad enough that NASA thought it would be wise to warn Kelly.

There are more cracks in those relationships than we thought, even though experts believe that tensions on Earth wouldn't affect cooperation aboard the ISS.

A war of words has arisen between a former astronaut and the head of the Russian space agency.

The Russian threat to leave Americans stranded in space wasraged by the NASA Astronaut.

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