Russia is gearing up for an era of renewed competition in space, a top Moscow official said Thursday, following years of cooperation with the United States.

“This is our top priority today,” Roscosmos director-general Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with state-run media. “We will enshrine this in a new strategy, which we will adopt later this year, that is, to regain Russia’s leadership in space, pure and simple.”