NASA gives SpaceX the privilege of crashing the ISS into the sea

from Engadget 7 months ago

SpaceX won a $843 million contract to safely deorbit the ISS by guiding it into the Pacific Ocean. The project will involve developing a spacecraft named the 'US Deorbit Vehicle.'
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The ISS will be directed to the 'spacecraft cemetery,' an area filled with wreckage from nearly 300 space vehicles. The cemetery is situated between New Zealand and South America.
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Challenges lie ahead for SpaceX as the ISS's massive weight of nearly a million pounds makes it unable to burn up upon re-entry. The deorbiting process is expected to unfold in three stages.
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