NASA has contracted a purpose-built spacecraft to push the International Space Station out of orbit in late 2030, steering the 430-tonne structure towards the remote South Pacific near Point Nemo, where passing astronauts can briefly be the nearest humans
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NASA has contracted a purpose-built spacecraft to deorbit the International Space Station in late 2030, steering the 430-tonne structure toward the remote South Pacific near Point Nemo. The vehicle is intended to guide the station's controlled breakup away from populated areas.
NASA's deorbit vehicle will turn the ISS from a continuously inhabited place back into an object, then guide its controlled breakup over the remote South Pacific. The post NASA has contracted a purpose-built spacecraft to push the International Space Station out of orbit in late 2030, steering the 430-tonne structure towards the remote South Pacific near Point Nemo, where passing astronauts can briefly be the nearest humans appeared first on Space Daily .
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