The United States hopes for continuation of cooperation with Russia under the program of international space station (ISS) after 2020. About it said program Director of human spaceflight, NASA in the Russian Federation Sean fuller." We have created a wonderful laboratory in orbit and we hope that the application of its features will be available after 2020, to get the best results and make further progress in space exploration and development of new technologies, " said fuller.- conversations about the use of the ISS after 2020 will Be continued ". Acting today the agreement on the operation of the ISS designed until 2020. Preliminary talks about the continuation of the life period of the station for a longer period lasted until the onset of the Ukrainian fall. In the Russian Federal space Agency did not hide that we hope to extend the life of the ISS after 2020, the more that At present domestic companies in fact continue the construction of the ISS: in the Center of Khrunichev work on multipurpose laboratory module to the station, send into orbit is scheduled for 2017.

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