During 2011, the International Space Station reached an important milestone in the completion of assembly andthe shift to the focus on a full and continuous research mission in space. As an international partnership, we plan andtrack all ISS utilization activities jointly and have structures in place to cooperate on common goals by sharing ISSassets and resources, and extend the impacts and efficiency of utilization activities. The basic utilization areas on theISS include research, technology development and testing, and education/outreach. Research can be categorized asapplied research for future exploration, basic research taking advantage of the microgravity and the spaceenvironment, and Industrial R&D / commercial research focused on product development and improvement.Technology development activities range from testing of new spacecraft systems and materials to the use of ISS asan analogue for future exploration missions to destinations beyond Earth orbit. This presentation by the ISSProgramme Science Forum comprising all ISS international partners, will highlight the ways that internationalcooperation in all of these areas is achieved, and the overall utilization accomplishments as well as futureperspectives stemming from international cooperation on the ISS. Recently, the partnership has made special effortsto increase the coordination and impact of ISS utilization that has humanitarian benefits. We have identified ISSutilization objectives in the areas of Earth remote sensing, medical research and technology transfer, andeducation/outreach to achieve these enhanced goals in addition to our individual national objectives.
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