At this point, the cooperation between Russia and the United States on the International Space Station may really be coming to an end, after the United States also vowed to announce to the outside world that the repaired International Space Station will continue to be used until January 1, 2031, when it is officially retired.
With the rapid deterioration of the situation in Europe, coupled with the various bad tactics used by the United States, Russia has no intention of cooperating with the United States, half of the cabins on the International Space Station are Russian, and if Russia really leaves, the International Space Station worth hundreds of billions of dollars is only afraid of falling apart.
Recently, the Russian media published a strange new video, 58 seconds long, showing a scene that may happen in the future of the International Space Station, which quickly attracted the attention of the United States and also caused a hot discussion on the Internet, and people are worried about the unforeseen future of the International Space Station.
According to the video footage: first the Russian astronauts and the American astronauts said a deep farewell, there were hugs, there were waves, and then each went back to the respective cabins, closed all the hatches, then, the Russian module separated from the American module, the International Space Station split in two, and then the American module fell into the Earth's atmosphere.
The footage shown on the video is certainly not real, because the International Space Station is now flying well in low-Earth orbit 420 kilometers above our heads. In fact, the video, produced by Russia's RIA Novosti, seems to imply something? Perhaps it implies that Russia's cooperation with the United States is coming to an end.
Indeed, if the Russian module is separated from the Us module and the Russian module is independently flown, then the huge US module will disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere within a year, not alarmist, but a fact, because the Russian module is mainly responsible for the maintenance of the altitude of the International Space Station.
At the end of February 2022, Dmitry Rogozin, director of the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA), issued a warning to the United States: if the United States makes another bad move, then Russia and the United States may not be able to cooperate on the International Space Station, and the International Space Station may disintegrate early and may fall on the US turf.
The Earth's atmosphere extends to space 1,000 kilometers away, and the International Space Station running at an altitude of 420 kilometers will be subject to atmospheric resistance, the altitude will continue to decline, and the rate of descent will be faster and faster, several kilometers a month, and when the International Space Station falls below 280 kilometers, it will be dangerous.
At this time, if the International Space Station does not start the propulsion system to raise the orbital altitude, then it will fall into the dense atmosphere in a very short time. Russia is equipped with a powerful propulsion system and fuel in every section of the module, and almost every month or two the thrusters are activated to raise the orbital altitude.
Russia wants to stop cooperating with the United States, it is no wonder that in the past 20 years, the United States has completely regarded the International Space Station as its own, occupying almost all scientific experimental instruments and resources, and conducting thousands of scientific experiments before and after, while Russian astronauts use only a very small part.
There is still friction between Russia and the United States, and once the International Space Station has a problem, the United States will call and chatter endlessly accuse Russia.
In August 2018, just as the astronauts of the International Space Station fell asleep, the air pressure alarm suddenly sounded, the air pressure in the cabin was dropping, and after half a day of searching, the astronauts finally found a two-millimeter hole in the bulkhead of the MS-09 module in Russia, and air was spraying out of the hole.
The astronaut Alexander Gerst, who arrived early, quickly plugged it with his fingers, and then applied strong glue to the hole to temporarily solve the air leakage problem. The hole occurred in the Russian module, and the United States blamed Russia for launching an unsafe cabin, while Russia believed that the hole was drilled by American female astronaut Serena.
Russia is not talking nonsense, first, the hole at a glance to know that it is a new drill, second, Selena on the space station secretly, engaged in "extramarital affairs", may be with the male astronauts unhappy, depressed mood after the cause of physical discomfort, many applications for return is not approved, so secretly drill the hole, hope to go home early.
In July 2021, the Russian Science (Nauka) thruster failed, overturned the International Space Station, and recovered after a few hours, American astronauts were frightened into the Dragon spacecraft, in case the International Space Station fell, they fled in the Dragon spacecraft, on this matter, the United States once again blamed Russia.
In fact, it is reasonable that there is a problem in the cabin of the Russian Science that has been stored in the warehouse for more than a decade, the two countries should understand and support each other, should not blindly blame, and the relationship between the two countries is becoming more and more rigid, so Russia has long since stopped cooperating with the United States.
Of course, there is another reason here, that is, Russia has joined the Chinese space station, China is very welcome to Russia to join, but the United States, until now has not found the next home, if the International Space Station falls apart, there will be no more space station in the next few decades. Interesting and informative scientific content, please pay attention to the only WeChat public account: Interesting Exploration