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Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024

FILE - Astronaut James Voss, far left, shakes hands with astronaut Bill Shepherd, far right, as cosmonauts Yuri Usachev, left, and Sergei Krikalev, right, hug after a televised farewell ceremony in the Destiny module Sunday, March 18, 2001. Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (NASA via AP, File) FILE - Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, bottom, U.S. astronaut Scott Tingle, above, and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, wave near the rocket prior to the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Shamil Zhumatov/Pool via AP, File) FILE - Russian space agency rescue team members carry U.S. astronaut Cady Coleman away from the landing site after the landing of the Soyuz capsule about 150 km (80 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Tuesday, May. 24, 2011. Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File) FILE - Shuttle Commander Terrence Wilcutt, right, and Mir Commander Anatoly Solovyev, left, hug after opening the hatches between the space shuttle Endeavour and the Russian Space station Mir Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998 in this image from television. Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country's newly appointed space chief said Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (NASA via AP, File) Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Yuri Borisov, the new CEO of the Russian State Space Corporation "Roscosmos", at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Yuri Borisov, the new CEO of the Russian State Space Corporation "Roscosmos", at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024