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Global partners could consider extending life of ISS

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Stuart Clark
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The International Space Station is scheduled to cease operation in 2024 but Russia seems interested in continuing to utilise this orbiting laboratory

Nasa and Russia could soon begin talks to extend the life of the International Space Station in order to test life-support systems for the human exploration of the moon.

The International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to cease operations in 2024. This was the date set by President Obama in 2014, when the future of the station was being discussed.

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