NASA condemns Russia’s use of space station for propaganda
NASA has issued a statement formally condemning a pair of photos shared this week by Russia’s federal place agency Roscosmos.
The photos clearly show 3 Russian cosmonauts aboard the Global House Station holding the flags of two Russian-backed breakaway territories in jap Ukraine that Russia invaded in 2014.
On Thursday (July 7), NASA introduced a assertion by means of its push secretary in reaction to Roscosmos’ anti-Ukranian propaganda. The comprehensive emailed statement reads:
“NASA strongly rebukes Russia working with the Intercontinental Room Station for political uses to assist its war versus Ukraine, which is basically inconsistent with the station’s main functionality amid the 15 intercontinental collaborating nations to advance science and establish engineering for peaceful applications.”
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The director-normal of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, rebuked Roscosmos as well, composing on Twitter (opens in new tab) nowadays (July 8) that “it is unacceptable that the ISS will become a platform to perform out the political or humanitarian crises happening on the ground.”
“The objective of the ISS is to perform investigate & prepare us for further exploration. It must continue to be a image of peace and inspiration,” the ESA chief extra in the tweet.
It is unacceptable that the ISS gets a system to enjoy out the political or humanitarian crises going on on the floor. The goal of the ISS is to perform exploration & put together us for further exploration. It should remain a image of peace and inspiration https://t.co/eGN1muS43HJuly 8, 2022
In the images released by Roscosmos, International Space Station commander Oleg Artemyev and cosmonauts Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov can be found smiling and holding the flags of the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic, two areas in jap Ukraine that Russia has been making an attempt to wrest from Ukraine for yrs.
The photographs had been shared by Roscosmos (opens in new tab)‘ official account on Telegram and accompanied by a caption that stated “This is a lengthy-awaited working day that citizens of the occupied places of the Luhansk location have been ready for 8 yrs,” in accordance to a translation by Google. “We are assured that July 3, 2022, will permanently go down in the background of the republic,” the caption carries on.
Battling about these two locations, regarded as the Donbas, has enhanced in recent months as Russia’s most current invasion of Ukraine drags on. On July 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Russian military for “accomplishing victory (opens in new tab)” over the Luhansk region that is house to above 2 million Ukrainians. Regardless of this declared victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “Ukrainians are not completely ready to give away their land, to accept that these territories belong to Russia” in an interview with CNN (opens in new tab). “This is our land,” Zelensky additional.
This most up-to-date propaganda marketing campaign by the Russian area company has regrettably been a normal incidence because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has made numerous inflammatory general public statements that have been taken as threats that Russia would go away the ISS plan.
To date, on the other hand, none of these threats has been followed with action, and international cooperation aboard the station continues to be potent.
For now, at minimum, Roscomos’ blatant propaganda remains just that.
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NASA has issued a statement formally condemning a pair of photos shared this week by Russia’s federal place agency Roscosmos.
The photos clearly show 3 Russian cosmonauts aboard the Global House Station holding the flags of two Russian-backed breakaway territories in jap Ukraine that Russia invaded in 2014.
On Thursday (July 7), NASA introduced a assertion by means of its push secretary in reaction to Roscosmos’ anti-Ukranian propaganda. The comprehensive emailed statement reads:
“NASA strongly rebukes Russia working with the Intercontinental Room Station for political uses to assist its war versus Ukraine, which is basically inconsistent with the station’s main functionality amid the 15 intercontinental collaborating nations to advance science and establish engineering for peaceful applications.”
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The director-normal of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, rebuked Roscosmos as well, composing on Twitter (opens in new tab) nowadays (July 8) that “it is unacceptable that the ISS will become a platform to perform out the political or humanitarian crises happening on the ground.”
“The objective of the ISS is to perform investigate & prepare us for further exploration. It must continue to be a image of peace and inspiration,” the ESA chief extra in the tweet.
It is unacceptable that the ISS gets a system to enjoy out the political or humanitarian crises going on on the floor. The goal of the ISS is to perform exploration & put together us for further exploration. It should remain a image of peace and inspiration https://t.co/eGN1muS43HJuly 8, 2022
In the images released by Roscosmos, International Space Station commander Oleg Artemyev and cosmonauts Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov can be found smiling and holding the flags of the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic, two areas in jap Ukraine that Russia has been making an attempt to wrest from Ukraine for yrs.
The photographs had been shared by Roscosmos (opens in new tab)‘ official account on Telegram and accompanied by a caption that stated “This is a lengthy-awaited working day that citizens of the occupied places of the Luhansk location have been ready for 8 yrs,” in accordance to a translation by Google. “We are assured that July 3, 2022, will permanently go down in the background of the republic,” the caption carries on.
Battling about these two locations, regarded as the Donbas, has enhanced in recent months as Russia’s most current invasion of Ukraine drags on. On July 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Russian military for “accomplishing victory (opens in new tab)” over the Luhansk region that is house to above 2 million Ukrainians. Regardless of this declared victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “Ukrainians are not completely ready to give away their land, to accept that these territories belong to Russia” in an interview with CNN (opens in new tab). “This is our land,” Zelensky additional.
This most up-to-date propaganda marketing campaign by the Russian area company has regrettably been a normal incidence because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has made numerous inflammatory general public statements that have been taken as threats that Russia would go away the ISS plan.
To date, on the other hand, none of these threats has been followed with action, and international cooperation aboard the station continues to be potent.
For now, at minimum, Roscomos’ blatant propaganda remains just that.
Email Brett at [email protected] (opens in new tab) or comply with Brett on Twitter at @bretttingley (opens in new tab). Stick to us on Twitter @Spacedotcom (opens in new tab) or on Facebook (opens in new tab).