The ISS will last until 2024 – 33LIVE.RU

The heads of the space agencies of Russia and the United States agreed to extend the life of the International Space Station until 2024. Yesterday, we agreed to extend the service life of the station until 2024 – said the head of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov at a press conference with the head of NASA, Charles Bolden.

The heads of the space agencies of Russia and the United States agreed to extend the life of the International Space Station to 2024, the head of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov. “Yesterday, we agreed to extend the service life of the station until 2024,” – he said at a joint press conference with the head of NASA, Charles Bolden at the Baikonur cosmodrome, “Interfax”.
After this period, Russia and the United States intend to jointly create a new space station, said Komarov. “Roscosmos together with NASA will work on the program for future space station. We will think and discuss joint projects. And it will be an open source project. It will involve not only the current members of the ISS. It will have an open character for all who want to join it” – he said.
Chapter Roscosmos also told reporters that in the coming months will be approved by the new Federal Space Program. According to him, now is actively working in this direction, developed the concept of a new rocket “Angara” and discusses the future of manned space programs.
Said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Roscosmos and NASA are discussing the possibility of a joint mission to Mars. “Our area of ​​cooperation will be Mars. We are discussing how best to use resources, finance, define the time frame and how to distribute efforts to avoid duplication of activities,” – he said.
About an hour ago spacecraft “Soyuz TMA -16M “launched from Baikonur on Friday at 22:42 Moscow time, delivered to the ISS crew following long expedition – Russian Gennady Padalka and Michael Kornienko and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. The latter two to be done on the ISS for about a year and perform a series of medical experiments that will help humanity closer to the implementation of deep space missions. “Union” docked with the ISS for a six-hour short circuit.