'There's nothing magical that happens in 2030': NASA eyes possible ISS extension for astronaut missions

The International Space Station might keep flying past 2030. A senior NASA official said there is "no big concern" about the health of the International Space Station (ISS) that would require an operational stop six years from now, when the current agreement expires between most of the ISS partners. "There's nothing magical that happens in 2030," Steve Stich, the manager of the commercial crew program at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, said during a livestreamed briefing at the center on Thursday (Jan. 25) about the upcoming SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut mission to the ISS. More

(Source: Space.com - Jan 27)