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NASA Urges Space Industry to Leverage ISS as a Testbed for Future Orbital Stations

July 11, 2026Diego Herrera1 мин

Facing the impending retirement of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA is actively encouraging the private space sector to intensify its efforts in developing and testing successor commercial orbital platforms. The agency sees the remaining operational lifespan of the ISS as a crucial opportunity to validate technologies and operational concepts, ensuring a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit with the next generation of space stations.