Space Station Shows Its Age

Friday, 20 December 2013 | by Pat's Picks

The Wall Street Journal says the latest maintenance issue at the International Space Station is another sign the orbiting laboratory is getting old. Astronauts will do a series of spacewalks to replace the station’s coolant system. Congress and the White House have agreed to keep the space station operational until 2020, but the Journal says NASA may want to stretch that to as far as 2028.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal