The European industrial organization ESA received its first contract on Thursday with the air transport system Airbus and the American Voyager Space.
The ISS is a seed factory from the United States, Europe, Russia, Canada and Japan. The seed planting was last year until 2030. Of the ISS then blijft bestaan, is not yet duidelijk. The laboratory is located within a distance of 400 kilometers from the Aarde. The first contract was launched in 1998. Since November 2000 it is permanently inhabited.