A consortium of 12 space agencies, including NASA and Roscosmos, on Tuesday released a blueprint for future space exploration, which proposes using the International Space Station (ISS) as a stepping stone for sending human missions deeper into space, including to Mars.
The “Global Exploration Roadmap”, which was published on NASA’s website, “identifies a conceptual mission scenario that demonstrates how missions in the lunar vicinity, including the asteroid mission, prepare for international missions to Mars in the 2030 timeframe, while enabling important discoveries along the way,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told a news conference.
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