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 by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2020
As multiple nations have unveiled ambitious plans to take humanity back to the Moon, earlier this month the Trump administration unveiled its so-called 'Artemis Accords' principles for Moon exploration, subsequently described by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin as a "political project" and likened to the US invasion of countries back on Earth. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said on 14 July he was still hoping for support from Russia in implementing the ambitious US Artemis lunar program, reported Reuters. The American space agency has been in talks about it building an airlock for the Lunar Gateway, a small space station in orbit around the Moon - a key piece of the American "Artemis" program. Speaking in an interview with the agency Bridenstine emphasized that "the relationship between NASA and Roscosmos is solid" and vowed that international partners would be granted a key role in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plan to bring humans to the surface of the Moon by 2024 and install a space outpost in lunar orbit. "I've got a good relationship with Dmitri Rogozin, so I'm hopeful that there are opportunities for us to continue to collaborate," said Bridenstine, referring to the general director of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos. The comment by the NASA administrator follows an interview with Rogozin in Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda on Monday, where he likened the US lunar project to NATO. "It's more of a political project for the US now... With the lunar project, we are witnessing the departure of our American partners from the principles of cooperation and mutual support that have developed with the ISS... Frankly speaking, we are not interested in participating in such a project," said Rogozin. Earlier in May, Rogozin responded to leaked reports of the US administration's new international pact, the "Artemis Accords", which would allegedly provide a framework under international law for companies to own the resources they extract from the moon. The head of Roscosmos branded the suggested American plans of "moon mining" and creating "safety zones" on Earth's natural satellite as a "political project" and an "invasion method" that sought to "head to the goal" no matter who may be against it, drawing parallels with the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Later, on 15 May the Trump administration unveiled the Artemis Accords, containing the "bedrock principles" of its Artemis program, which aims to land two astronauts near the lunar south pole in 2024 and establish a "sustainable human presence on and around the moon by 2028". The US said it welcomed agreements with "like-minded" countries to help build a long-term presence on the moon. "International space agencies that join NASA in the Artemis program will do so by executing bilateral Artemis Accords agreements, which will describe a shared vision for principles, grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, to create a safe and transparent environment which facilitates exploration, science and commercial activities for all of humanity to enjoy," NASA officials wrote in a statement. Source: RIA Novosti
Astronauts add expertise, refine space station science in orbit Houston TX (SPX) Jul 13, 2020 When NASA astronaut Serena M. Aunon-Chancellor tested the operation of a sextant aboard the International Space Station, she quickly realized that using the centuries-old navigation instrument while traveling more than 17,000 miles per hour in microgravity would require some adjustments. Early explorers on Earth used the instrument to navigate at sea by the stars, but their ships weren't moving quite so fast. Aunon-Chancellor, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and ESA (European Space Agency) astr ... read more
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