Space Station Work May Resume in September

NASA has unveiled a plan to finish the International Space Station that could see construction resume in September after a four-year hiatus.

The new schedule of construction flights eliminates nearly all flights devoted to science in favor of getting the station’s remaining trusses, power systems and modules into orbit.

The schedule calls for 16 more shuttle flights to the station and possibly one final servicing call to the Hubble Space Telescope.

In 2009, with four shuttle flights remaining to finish the outpost, the station should be able to support a six-person crew.