US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) withdrew an invitation to a return visit to the United States Director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. According to NASA director Jim Braydenstayna, This decision was made due to the position of US senators, According to the newspaper The Washington Post.
Earlier, the US space agency said, that discussed the transfer of visit Rogozin in the US for an indefinite period, but later it was decided to complete the cancellation of the visit.
Rogozin was an invitation to the US retaliatory step NASA director Jim Braydenstayna, who had previously visited Russia. During the visit, Director of the US space agency were discussed and worked out many operational issues in the field of space cooperation, including the construction of an international lunar base. The return visit of the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin had to confirm the saving “strong working relationship”, but I stumbled on the reluctance of legislators to see amerikaskih Rogozin in the US. Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency is under US sanctions with 2014 of the year, and to suspend the sanctions against him in Washington did not want.
Meanwhile, the Russian Space Agency has still not received an official notification from the US space agency to revoke the invitation Rogozin in the US.
Besides, According to the representative of the Russian rocket and space industry, the US refusal to accept the delegation of the Russian Space Agency may lead to the exit of Russia from negotiating with NASA to participate in the project lunar Gateway Station.
