(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The United States plans to continue using the International
Space Station (ISS) until 2030, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has
told reporters, Trend reports citing TASS .
'The authorization gives us things like we have sought for
years: extending the International Space Station to 2030,' he said.
'That is now law.'
On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden signed the Creating Helpful
Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of
2022, the Congress-approved bill to allocate around $280 billion in
support for semiconductor production the country. The CHIPS and
Science Act act also includes a NASA authorization bill, which,
among other things, extends US participation in the International
Space Station (ISS) program until 2030.
Earlier, NASA's ISS Program Manager Joel Montalbano said the US
space agency was set to continue using the station until 2030.
Roscosmos Chief Yury Borisov said in late July the exact
timeframe for Russia's exit from the ISS project will depend on the
orbital outpost's condition. 'We begin the exit process after 2024.
It all depends, among other things, on the ISS working capacity
whether it happens in mid-2024 or in 2025,' he said.
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