NASA, ESA, Japan and Canada will use the ISS until 2030, and then sink the station into the ocean

The International Space Station (ISS) will operate for several more years. This has been officially confirmed by all countries,

who are participating in the project.

What is known

National Aeronautics Administration andSpace Research (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), Canada and Japan have confirmed their participation in the ISS project until 2030. At the same time, Russia plans to take part until 2028.

NASA chief Bill Nelson duringspeeches in the US Congress said that the ISS is getting old. In this regard, the space agency plans to create new commercial stations together with private aerospace companies. The ISS is expected to deorbit and sink into the ocean in 2030 or 2031.

470-ton station began to work on November 20, 1998of the year. 14 countries are participating in the project: USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. All European countries, except Russia, are members of the ESA. Since 1998, the station has been visited by 266 people from 20 countries.