ISS Partnership Faces What May Be Its Greatest Challenge

Irene Klotz March 03, 2022
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, pictured inside the station’s cupola module, is due to return to Earth on March 30 aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-19 capsule that is visible through the cupola window.
Credit: NASA
Technically intertwined and physically remote, the 15-nation International Space Station (ISS) partnership has persevered through multiple administrations, changing mission goals, funding challenges, launch accidents and other problems. Yet those trials may pale in comparison to what lies ahead, as...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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