{"id":772209,"date":"2023-11-11T23:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=772209"},"modified":"2023-11-11T23:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T03:31:57","slug":"partners-extend-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=772209","title":{"rendered":"Partners extend International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Photo of Canadarm2 taken by Canadian Space Agency\u00a0(CSA<\/abbr>) astronaut David Saint-Jacques<\/span> during his mission on the International Space Station\u00a0(ISS<\/abbr>). (Credit: CSA<\/abbr>\/NASA<\/span>)<\/p>\n


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The ISS<\/abbr> partners have committed to extending operations on the station, where, for more than 22\u00a0years now, space explorers have lived and worked continuously in low Earth orbit\u00a0\u2013 a remarkable streak of uninterrupted human presence in space.<\/p>\n

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Canada, the United States, the participating countries of the European Space Agency, and Japan, have all pledged to support the ISS<\/abbr> through

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Since its launch, the ISS<\/abbr> has been visited by 266\u00a0people, including CSA<\/abbr> astronauts Julie\u00a0Payette, Marc\u00a0Garneau<\/span>, Steve\u00a0MacLean, Dave\u00a0Williams, Robert\u00a0Thirsk, Chris\u00a0Hadfield, and David Saint-Jacques<\/span>. Canada has also made other indispensable contributions, such as Canadarm2 and Dextre.<\/p>\n

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While the ISS<\/abbr> continues towards three decades in operation, Canada and its partners are looking towards the future, with the Artemis program, and plans for another orbital outpost, Lunar Gateway, setting up a long-term presence at the Moon. <\/p>\n


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