Russia will pull out of the International Space Station partnership and will instead build its own outpost, the country's space chief says
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Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Russian President Vladimir Putin that"the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made." "You know that we are working within the framework of international cooperation at the International Space Station. Undoubtedly, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made," Borisov told Putin in the Kremlin-issued readout.
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