Europe Stays Course on Russian Space Partnerships

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Europe has no intention of modifying its space-program relationship with Russia despite Russia's takeover of Crimea and despite NASA's decision to pull back on dealings with Moscow, European government officials said April 3. Attending the launch of a Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket-the seventh launched from Europe's spaceport here on the northeast coast of South America-and applauding the announcement of a new contract for the purchase of seven more Soyuz vehicles from the Russian space agency, officials said the diplomatic tensions over Russia's moves in the Ukraine are like a choppy sea surface.