The US space agency NASA has announced that the administration of President Joe Biden is expanding the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030. The US Congress has only approved funding for the ISS until 2024. But now the US government will give additional money to keep the ISS operational for a long time.
NASA has taken this step when it has given millions of dollars to private companies, so that they can build their space stations. The intention behind this is to use these space stations instead of the ISS. Even though the ISS is being intended to last for a long time, but due to the cracks and leaks in it, the question of its longevity arises.
President Ronald Reagan announced the creation of the ISS during his State of the Union address on January 25, 1984. It was targeted to be ready within 10 years. Then on December 4, 1998, the first American component of the space station was launched, and two years later it officially began operation. After this, in the year 2000, the ISS was completely ready for use.
President Ronald Reagan announced the creation of the ISS during his State of the Union address on January 25, 1984. It was targeted to be ready within 10 years. Then on December 4, 1998, the first American component of the space station was launched, and two years later it officially began operation. After this, in the year 2000, the ISS was completely ready for use.
NASA’s Bill Shepard and Russia’s Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev arrived at the station on November 2, 2000. The three astronauts spent several months in space. Since then humans have been continuously living on the ISS. The ISS became fully operational in May 2009 when it began hosting a six-person crew. It also required two Soyuz lifeboats.
US Space Agency Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement on Friday that the International Space Station is a beacon of peaceful international scientific cooperation. It has been benefiting humanity through scientific, educational and technological development for more than 20 years. I am pleased that the Biden-Harris Administration is committed to keeping the station operational by 2030.
NASA plans to continue work on the ISS with the European Space Agency, Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Canada’s Canadian Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos. Through these international partners, the ISS is to be kept operational by the end of this decade.
