The Roscosmos delegation led by Director General Dmitry Bakanov has continued its tour of Kennedy Space Center. On July 29 they visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the Mission Control Center for the American segment of the International Space Station (ISS) in Houston, the agency reported.
Bakanov also spoke with Russian flight control specialists stationed there as a backup team in case Moscow’s center becomes unavailable. Bakanov will also meet with the NASA leadership including interim chief Sean Duffy and the crew of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, which includes Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. Discussion will center on the International Space Station including its retirement in 2030, Public Affairs Specialist Steven Siceloff told RIA Novosti in an interview on Tuesday [July 29].
