All parties to ISS project support its extension after 2024 - NASA

WASHINGTON. April 28 (Interfax) - All parties to the International Space Station (ISS) project have supported its extension beyond 2024, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Thursday.

"The United States, Japan, Canada, and the participating countries of ESA (European Space Agency) have confirmed they will support continued space station operations through 2030 and Russia has confirmed it will support continued station operations through 2028," NASA said in a statement on its website.

On December 31, 2021, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the U.S. administration had backed an extension of the ISS agreement until 2030.

On November 18, 2022, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced its involvement in the ISS project until 2030.

On November 23, 2022, the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) decided, to continue participating in the ISS project until 2030.

The Canadian government made the same decision on March 24.

Roscosmos head Yury Borisov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 12 that the Russian government had extended operation of the ISS Russian segment until 2028.

The current ISS agreement expires in 2024. Russia said it was planning to quit the project after 2024 but did not say when exactly that might happen.

Borisov said that Russia's withdrawal from the ISS project should be synchronized with the start of deployment of a national space station.