Roscosmos chief visits NASA for first talks in eight years

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov has arrived in Houston at the head of a Russian delegation to meet acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, marking the first meeting between the heads of the Russian and U.S. space agencies in eight years, Roscosmos said on Monday.

Talks are scheduled for the final day of July and are expected to focus on current joint projects.

During his visit, Bakanov will tour the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Boeing’s manufacturing facility, and meet the Crew Dragon team, which includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov under the cross-flight program. The Russian delegation will also visit SpaceX’s spacecraft assembly facilities before concluding the trip.