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The International Space Station will be deorbited in 2030 , sending it flying through Earthâs atmosphere.
Most of it will burn up from the heat of reentry to leave behind tiny fragments of an iconic legacy.
The ISS is getting old and the wear and tear of being in space has taken its toll.
Russia has agreed to continue deploying its cosmonauts to the ISS until 2028 .
NASA has tasked SpaceX with designing a new deorbit vehicle to deorbit the ISS .
This vehicle will dock with the ISS and perform a series of deorbit burns to further lower the space stationâs orbit.
The company hasnât shared details of its space tug design, and itâs not clear whether it could repurpose its Dragon spacecraft or build a different one altogether.
The ISS is expected to destructively breakup as part of the reentry process.
The destruction of the space station signals the end of an era, and marks the beginning of a new one that leans more into the commercialization of space. With this new era, Earthâs orbit is set to undergo significant changes..
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