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NASA freezes relationship with Russia

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  Voice of America Exception for International Space Station It is said in the announcement of US National Space agency- NASA that the agency “stops most of the contacts with Russia for violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. But it is said in the announcement that NASA and “Roskosmos” will continue to operate together for ensuring the safety of International Space Station. NASA also noted that it is intended to concentrate its efforts in order that spacemen-carrying spacecrafts’ operation is performed in the US territory refusing Russian support for this objective. It is intended that the US will resume sending spacemen into space in 2017. We remind that after the end of the project “Shuttle” NASA actively used Russia’s carrier rockets. So Russian rocket took three spacemen into International Space Station last week, among whom there was one US spaceman. NASA employees are forbidden to visit Russia or accept Russian visitors, other contacts with Russia have also been stopped- from electronic communication to teleconferences.