ISS gets 4 more years, up to 2024

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The International Space Station (ISS) as photographed from the space shuttle Endeavour on May 29, 2011. Image courtesy NASA

The US$100-billion International Space Station will be extended by 4 years, or until at least 2024, allowing for more global research and scientific collaboration, NASA said Wednesday, January 8. The orbiting outpost, the largest space lab ever built, was launched to fanfare in 1998 and had been expected to remain in operation until 2020. Partnering agencies are NASA, the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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