The International Space Station (ISS) is dangerous and unfit for purpose, Russia's space chief said on Thursday, as Moscow pushes ahead with plans to quit the project and launch its own station.
Yuri Borisov, head of the Roscosmos agency, said mass equipment failures and ageing parts were endangering crew safety on the 24-year-old station.
He said Russia's station would orbit Earth around the poles, enabling it to look down on far more of Russia's vast territory and gather new data on cosmic radiation. Last month, Borisov unveiled a model of Russia's planned station, which he said on Thursday would be open to cooperation with "friendly countries".Borisov, a former deputy prime minister with a defence background, said Western sanctions on Russia's space industry had ruined the prospects for further cooperation.
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