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Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, tensions between Russia and its space partners have threatened to affect operations on the ISS, with Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin stating Russia will likelyBefore the Ukraine conflict, NASA and Russia had planned"seat swaps" for this fall, with Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, having been scheduled to fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Kikina would have been the first cosmonaut to launch to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket.
As things stand, Kikina is still scheduled to launch as part of NASA's and SpaceX's"Crew-5" mission in September. A separate mission, Soyuz MS-22, is also scheduled to launch NASA astronaut Frank Rubio aboard one of the Russian rockets. Seat swaps are useful for operational purposes, as they mean each country can ensure they have at least one crew member aboard the ISS to operate their side of the station at all times.
Following the retirement of NASA's space shuttle program in 2011, NASA had to rely on Russia's Soyuz rockets for transportation to and from the ISS for almost 10 years. In May 2020, however,Roscosmos did recently
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