Cosmonaut Kikina in an interview DEA News He explained how the work of the International Space Station (ISS) was affected by the political situation.
According to him, the political situation “had no effect” on the work in the team and the overall interaction in it.
Since 2016, Kikina is the only woman in the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps. She participated in the international SIRIUS lunar flight simulation experiment in 2017.
Kikina’s first space flight took place on October 5, 2022. He went to the ISS as part of the crew of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the American company SpaceX. Kikina became the first cosmonaut from Russia to fly on this ship. The duration of its mission on the ISS is 145 days.
In July 2022, Yuri Borisov, CEO of Roskosmos, announced that Russia’s Leaves the ISS After 2024, the project will fulfill its obligations to its partners. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted, the decision to withdraw the Russian side from the ISS was made a long time ago.
In May, Roskosmos and RSC Energia signed a contract for 2.69 billion rubles. For the development of the draft design of the Russian orbital station (R&D “Creation of the space complex of the Russian orbital station”), the work should be completed by March 31, 2024.