President Biden announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to its invasion of the Ukraine, specifically targeting strategic sectors of Russia\u2019s economy including aerospace and its space program. <\/p>\n
\u201cBetween our actions and those of our allies and partners, we estimate [sanctions] will cut off more than half of Russia\u2019s high-tech imports. It will strike a blow to their ability to continue to modernize the military and degrade the aerospace industry, including their space program, and hurt their ability to build ships, reducing their ability to compete economically. It will be a major hit to Putin\u2019s long-term, strategic ambitions,\u201d Biden said in an address on Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n
Biden said the U.S. and fellow G7 leaders have frozen access to Russia\u2019s largest banks and state-owned enterprises. NATO is meeting on Friday to outline its next steps. <\/p>\n
Biden did not mention NASA specifically, but NASA collaborates directly with Russian space agency Roscosmos on the International Space Station. There are currently both U.S. and Russian astronauts on the ISS right now. NASA used to rely on Russia to transport astronauts to and from the ISS, but regular SpaceX Crew Dragon flights have restored that capability to the U.S. <\/p>\n
Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin responded to Biden\u2019s speech in a Twitter thread. He said the U.S. already blocked Russian access to radiation-resistant space microelectronics in 2014, and Russia will expand its own production of components to deal with sanctions. Rogozin also said the engines of the Russian Progress cargo ships control the ability to correct ISS orbit to avoid dangerous debris. \u201cIf you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States?\u201d <\/p>\n
Speaking Thursday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while he has been supportive of collaboration with Russia on artistic and scientific measures, \u201cin the current circumstances, it\u2019s hard to see how even those can continue as normal,\u201d when asked about ISS collaboration. <\/p>\n
Also on Thursday, NASA officials held an update on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which will take astronauts to the Moon as part of NASA\u2019s Artemis program as the agency prepares for an upcoming refueling test. NASA officials said they are not aware of any hardware on the vehicle sourced from Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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