Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:41am on 29 Jun 2024,Saturday Science
NASA has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030. The space station, continuously occupied since 2000, will be towed into the atmosphere by a SpaceX vehicle, where it will "destructively break up". The $843m contract marks the end of an era of global cooperation, as agreements between the US, Russia, Japan, Europe, and Canada expire. Since 1998, the ISS has hosted over 3,300 scientific experiments. SpaceX will ensure a safe and controlled re-entry, bringing an end to the iconic space station's remarkable journey.
