On April 1, NASA said on Thursday that the Russian space agency was considering extending its participation in the international space station to 2030 < p > < / P > < p > for the past 30 years, NASA and the Russian space agency have been the two largest partners of the international space station. The two organizations had previously reached an agreement to cooperate on the international space station project until 2024. However, at the end of last year, the United States announced the extension of the international space station project to 2030. At present, Russia has not formally agreed to the extension < p > although Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency, hinted that it would reconsider its partnership with the United States, the Russian Federal Space Agency did not make a strong "rejection" of the plan to extend the international space station project, and may even continue to extend the cooperation plan. "All our international partners, including the Russian space agency, are making progress towards the goal of extending the international space station to 2030," said Kathy Lueders, NASA's deputy director of space operations Ludes added that every partner on the international space station must go through the budget process and obtain the final approval of the government before determining the extension plan. "Even in very difficult times, we all understand the importance of this continuous cooperation," ludes said < p > Joel Montalbano, project director of NASA's international space station, has discussed the possibility of extending the duration of the cooperation project with officials of the Russian space agency. At that time, NASA was preparing for astronaut mark Vande Hei to return to earth in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. "At the project level, we will continue to discuss and work towards the goal of extending to 2030," said Dana Weigel, deputy director of NASA's international space station program. "Montaalbano talked about relevant topics when he was in Russia, and there is no change in the current plan." < p > Weigel also said that NASA is expected to make another major update on the progress of the extension plan of the international space station project at the end of April or early May this year. (Chen Chen) < / P > < p >