Russia is reportedly planning to move survival training for all Soyuz passengers to a Russian naval base in Sevastopol, Crimea, an area the Russian military grabbed from Ukraine earlier this year.

That will put NASA in a predicament, since the U.S. condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine but needs the Russian Federal Space Agency to transport U.S. astronauts back and forth to the International Space Station on Soyuz spacecraft.

The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported earlier this week that Russia’s space agency also plans to return to using what was once a post-flight rehabilitation center in an area of Ukraine.

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