FILE – Shuttle Commander Terrence Wilcutt, right, and Mir Commander Anatoly Solovyev, left, hug after opening the hatches between the space shuttle Endeavour and the Russian Space station Mir Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998 in this image from television. Russia will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s newly appointed space chief said Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (NASA via AP, File)