{"id":180757,"date":"2010-01-14T15:29:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/14\/the-european-space-agency-wants-to-extend-the-iss%e2%80%99s-life-until-2020\/"},"modified":"2010-01-14T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:29:17","slug":"the-european-space-agency-wants-to-extend-the-iss%e2%80%99s-life-until-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/180757","title":{"rendered":"The European Space Agency wants to extend the ISS\u2019s life until 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/45fb4_iss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/45fb4_iss.jpg\" alt=\"iss\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a>Believe it or not, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/07\/13\/nasa-to-bring-down-the-iss-in-2016\/#comments\">the current plan<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/iss\/\">International Space Station<\/a> is to abandon it in 2015 and let it crash into the atmosphere in 2016. Sad, right? But the ESA wants to keep it flying for a few more years to allow more scientist access to the zero-gravity labs.<\/p>\n<p>Of course it&#8217;s just not one space agency&#8217;s call. The project has five partners, the US, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada, and each <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8456632.stm\">will have a say<\/a> later this at a meeting in Japan. 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Sad, right? But the ESA wants to keep it flying for a few more years to allow more scientist access to the zero-gravity labs. 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