The ISS has been operational for well over two decades, but its days are numbered. Here's what the plan for human habitation ...

It will take some time for the ISS to come down to Earth in the 2030s. NASA says it will take about 12 to 18 months to naturally fall back to our planet before a new SpaceX deorbit vehicle pushes ...

The International Space Station as seen from a Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2021. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space ...

The ISS Deorbit Vehicle, or DV, will be a custom-built, one-of-a-kind spacecraft needed to make sure the space station re-enters the atmosphere at the precise place and in the proper orientation ...

But as of now, NASA has no emergency plan in place to deorbit the ISS, and that’s a big problem. If NASA is forced to destroy the space station ahead of its retirement, then it increases the ...

NASA, SpaceX Share Details on Plan to Destroy ISS No existing spacecraft meets the propulsive needs of the U.S. deorbit vehicle, which will bring the International Space Station back to Earth.

The earliest parts of the ISS have been in orbit since 1998, and it is currently set for decommission by 2030. SpaceX is contracted to safely deorbit the space station in a remote area of the ...

A controlled deorbit would allow the ISS to be brought down to Earth at a time and place of NASA’s choosing, creating the lowest possible risk to people and infrastructure.

NASA plans on the deorbit happening sometime in 2030, but Axiom Space will have to remove its segment from the ISS first. The private space contractor plans on launching four modules to the ISS ...

ISS program manager Dana Weigel revealed that the space station will first perform a “drift down” from its normal orbit roughly 12 to 18 months before the forced deorbit.

It will take some time for the ISS to come down to Earth in the 2030s. NASA says it will take about 12 to 18 months to naturally fall back to our planet before a new SpaceX deorbit vehicle pushes ...