https://apnews.com/c322465b16344f65af555a67f3ffbee6

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's space agency chief has made an opaque statement about its involvement in the NASA-led plan to build an outpost near the moon, but officials clarified that Russia is staying in the project.

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Saturday that Russia wouldn't accept a "second-tier" role in the NASA-led project to build the lunar orbital platform called the Gateway in the 2020s.