Krikalev
Sergei Krikalev, head of human spaceflight programs at Roscosmos, said Russia would continue to cooperate on the ISS for the foreseeable future as it evaluates plans for its own station. Credit: NASA TV

WASHINGTON — After a successful launch of a Crew Dragon spacecraft whose crew included a Russian cosmonaut, a Roscosmos official struck a more conciliatory tone about relations with NASA.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...