partnership seemed in danger, then suddenly, in the summer of 22, rogozin was replaced and the head of russia's human spaceflight program, a former cosmonaut, highly respected at nasa, suddenly changed course for. >> how committed is rushed to this international cooperation, to the space station, and how long will you be a partner with the united states, with japan, with canada and with the international partners on this program? >> as i said more than 40 years, ago we will continue our cooperation as long as i can imagine. >> that was a bombshell. russia, saying it will continue to cooperate. >> i wonder if it's part of a concerted effort to re-ease the tension and she turned down the temperature of it. >> the answer is yes. >> the answer he said, is. yes >> we understand that it makes sense to keep flying because there is excellent infrastructure that building