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 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 ...

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.

The $843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to ...

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.

WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space Station “as soon as possible,” preferably in the next two years, to focus on missions to Mars.

Elon Musk has once again advocated for the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS), suggesting a shift in focus ...

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 ...

The statement came in response to a report that NASA had delayed the Axiom Mission 4, which was meant to launch on Wednesday, indefinitely due to a leak in the ISS's Zvezda module. The module was ...

Once the ISS reaches an altitude of about 140 miles, the USDV will “perform a series of burns to set us up for that final deorbit, and then four days later it will do the final re-entry burn ...

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 ...