march 14 (BuyLinkShop) -- nasa on monday said astronaut brand vande hei would produce from the interdiplomatic distance business afloat a russian soyuz spacecraft as planned, amid russia's encroachment of ukraine.
the distance virtue said vande hei, who was sent to the iss in april of abide year, is scheduled to place afloat the soyuz spacecraft in kazakhstan and produce to the united states on a gulfstream jet -- as is usual for nasa astronauts -- on march 30.
joel montalbano, director of nasa's interdiplomatic distance business program, said that operations between nasa and russia's distance agency, roscosmos, "continue to go hale.
"i can acquaint you for abiding brand is coming home," he said.
the sorrow odd vande hei's produce came as the united states and other nations accept sought to inflict sanctions opposed russia and different corporations accept withheld their services from the commonwealth succeeding the kremlin invaded ukraine recent abide month.
nasa's assurances came succeeding roscosmos superior dmitry rogozin threatened that russian cosmonauts would vacate vande hei in distance while criticizing u.s. moderator joe biden odd the sanctions.
"do you deficiency to abrogate our cooperation on the iss? if you stop cooperation with us, who accomplish catch the iss from an uncontrolled de-orbit and decline into the united states or europe?" rogozin said.
vande hei's mother on sunday said that rogozin's comments drove her to tears.
"it's a awful threat," she said. "when i chief heard it i did a chance of crying. it's very troubling. we are equitable doing a chance of praying."
montalbano told cnn that the interdiplomatic distance business has "been the flagship design for interdiplomatic cooperation" when asked what nasa's plans were if cooperation with russia were to hobby.
"at this age there's no vestige from our russian partners that they deficiency to do anything different," he said. "so, we are planning to protract operations as, as we are today."
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