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In the last few days Nasa and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, announced that they have reached an agreement that will integrate flights to the International Space Station.

The collaboration comes after the European Space Agency (Esa) officially terminated its cooperation with Roscosmos on the development of a life-hunting Mars rover mission because of the war in Ukraine.

Esa鈥檚 Director-General, Dr Josef Aschbacher, told Newsday the decision to cut ties 鈥渋s a very painful one. We have invested 15 years of time to develop the various elements of the mission鈥�it was ready for launch in September鈥�the science鈥�now has to wait for a couple of years.鈥�

However he said Nasa鈥檚 鈥渃rew-swap鈥� agreement with Roscosmos 鈥渋s highly welcome because it is a safety measure to ensure the safety of our astronauts.鈥�

(Picture: Artists impression of Exomars rover. Credit: Esa)