NASA confirmed that work on extending the International Space Station's cross-flight agreement usually takes place a year to a year and a half ago, amid previous assurances from Bruce Cosmos that it will continue until the end of the station's life.
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NASA and Roscosmos entered into a reciprocal flight agreement in 2022 to ensure that each agency has representatives on the International Space Station.
Weigel said, in a press conference, in response to a question about extending the agreement: “Let me explain how we work in such cases. Usually we work on everything for a period ranging between a year and a year and a half... so our missions with intersecting trips (are agreed upon) for this period.”
These statements come at a time when Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov confirmed last July that intersecting flights of Russian and American crews aboard Russian and American spacecraft to the International Space Station will continue until the station’s work ends.
Cross-over flights are necessary to ensure that at least one member of each country's crew is present to keep their country's section of the station running in emergencies or when there are changes to the flight schedule. Roscosmos and NASA concluded an agreement on mutual flights in 2022, and it has been extended several times since then.
In July 2023, the two sides signed two amendments to the agreement to extend space missions until 2025, with the aim of maintaining the reliability of the International Space Station in general, and ensuring the presence of at least one representative from each agency in its two sections of the station.
In July 2022, Russia announced its intention to withdraw from the International Space Station “after 2024,” while focusing its efforts on establishing a new Russian orbital station, the first section of which is expected to be placed in orbit in 2027.
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