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Cool Beans: Biden extends U.S. support for International Space Station through 2030
The Biden administration has committed to extending the International Space Station operations through 2030, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Friday.
Nelson said the Biden administration had committed to working with international partners, including Russia, to continue research being conducted in the orbiting laboratory through the rest of this decade. Russia and the U.S. have had close cooperation aboard the International Space Station for more than two decades.
U.S. officials said in November that an anti-satellite missile test that Russia conducted generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the station and will pose a hazard to space activities for years.
The station would operate through 2030 if approved by international partners and funded by Congress. Currently, Congress has approved funding through 2024.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-extends-u-s-support-international-space-station-through-2030-n1286812
Nelson said the Biden administration had committed to working with international partners, including Russia, to continue research being conducted in the orbiting laboratory through the rest of this decade. Russia and the U.S. have had close cooperation aboard the International Space Station for more than two decades.
U.S. officials said in November that an anti-satellite missile test that Russia conducted generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the station and will pose a hazard to space activities for years.
The station would operate through 2030 if approved by international partners and funded by Congress. Currently, Congress has approved funding through 2024.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-extends-u-s-support-international-space-station-through-2030-n1286812
Courtesy of NASA Johnson: This video features a series of time lapse sequences photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station. Set to the song "Walking in the Air," by Howard Blake, the video takes viewers around the world, through auroras, and over dazzling lightning displays. (Hey, fellow Michiganders... 1:19!
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