NASA contracts Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deorbit the International Space Station in 2023.

The station was created in the years 1984–1993. Since a number of the ISS’s components have outlived their original anticipated lifespans, the mission’s original duration has been extended multiple times

A USD 843 million NASA contract has been given to Elon Musk’s SpaceX to design a US Deorbit Vehicle for the safe and responsible deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) after its operational life ends in 2030. By ensuring a safe deorbit of the space station, this spacecraft will make sure that no populated areas are put in danger.

According to Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, “selecting a US Deorbit Vehicle for the International Space Station will help NASA and its international partners ensure a safe and responsible transition in low Earth orbit at the end of station operations.”

NASA will manage the spacecraft’s whole mission, even though SpaceX will build the deorbiting vehicle. Not only will the spacecraft visit the space station during re-entry, but it is also likely to explode destructively.

Since 1998, astronauts from the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and State Space Corporation Roscosmos have been stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Each agency was in charge of overseeing and administering the gear that it supplied.

Russia has pledged to maintaining station operations through at least 2028, while the US, Japan, Canada, and the other ESA participating nations have committed to operating the station through 2030.

Over 3,300 experiments have been carried out in microgravity on board the International Space Station (ISS), which is currently in its 24th year of continuous crewed operations.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA astronauts, are presently stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) as engineers attempt to repair the Boeing Starliner aircraft that is meant to return them to Earth. The astronauts arrived on June 6 with the intention of staying on the ISS for eight days, but technical difficulties forced them to extend their stay.

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Twenty days have passed, and NASA and Boeing are still striving to get the Starliner Crew Flight Test spacecraft back to Earth after a minor helium system leak occurred during travel.