In orbit, not in opposition: Moscow and Washington find rare common ground in space
By Dmitry Strugovets , a specialist in the field of astronautics
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, has made a rare visit to the United States – his first official trip since assuming the top job at Russia’s space agency. The occasion? To attend the launch of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard a SpaceX spacecraft and to meet with his counterpart, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy.
Whether or not he meets Elon Musk remains to be seen. But this trip is significant far beyond the question of private handshakes.
This was, first and foremost, a political…
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