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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $843 million contract to safely deorbit the International Space Station within the next decade.
In orbit of Earth since 1998, the ISS is due to come to the end of its operational life in or around 2030. Instead of leaving it to partially burn up in Earth’s atmosphere and crash unpredictably on the surface, NASA wants a safe, controlled re-entry and splash down for the structure.According to the contract terms, SpaceX will develop and deliver a spacecraft called the “U.S. Deorbit Vehicle” to bring the ISS back to Earth without risk to populated areas.
The 900,000 lbs ISS is one of many larger structures too massive to burn up during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. The USDV is expected to take several years to develop and test. As it stands, NASA, Canada’s CSA, Japan’s JAXA and the European Space Agency have committed to operating the ISS through 2030, while Russia’s Roscosmos will use it until at least 2028.Thunder Takes High Upside Swing In 2024 NBA Draft With Nikola Topic
The ISS will ultimately be guided to an area of the Pacific Ocean known as the “spacecraft cemetery.” An uninhabited area between New Zealand and South America, the ocean floor here is home to“Selecting a U.S.
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