NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Friday that the Biden administration is committed to extending International Space Station operations through 2030. “The International Space Station is a beacon of peaceful international scientific cooperation and has made tremendous scientific, educational and technological advances to benefit humanity for more than 20 years. I am pleased to announce that the Biden administration is committed to continuing station operations through 2030,” Nelson said in a statement. said.
The extension decision came as NASA made plans to abandon the International Space Station and migrate to commercial space stations and other specialized platforms in low Earth orbit. Earlier in December, NASA announced it would grant more than $400 million to three companies (Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman) to develop designs for space stations and other “business destinations” in space. NASA planned to leave the International Space Station and focus on Moon and Mars missions. Use of the International Space Station was scheduled to end in 2024, but NASA said the station could technically last until 2028.
The year 2030 seems to be a very ambitious target for the ISS, which has come to the fore with frequent problems recently. If this goal is to be achieved, it can be clearly seen that important maintenance processes must be experienced.
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