Elon Musk's SpaceX will build a vehicle to tow the International Space Station back through the atmosphere and crash it into the ocean. NASA says it is transitioning to 'commercially owned space destinations closer to home'.
has given Elon Musk's SpaceX permission to destroy the International Space Station by 2030. The space station has been continually occupied since 2000 by astronauts doing more than 3,300 scientific experiments above our heads. But the countries operating the ISS only agreed to run it until 2030 at the latest. Since 1998, the US, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada have maintained different sections of the ISS.
's associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate. While SpaceX will develop the deorbit spacecraft,
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