With U.S. President Barack Obama having recently affirmed — pending congressional approval — U.S. support for the international space station through 2020, there is already talk of further extending operations of the orbital outpost. The heads of the space station partner agencies, in a statement March 11 at the close of a meeting in Tokyo, said they had begun reviewing the facility’s on-board hardware with an eye toward certifying it for use through 2028.
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