NASA shared a report on what will happen when the International Space Station (ISS) is terminated. The space agency will plunge the ISS into a section of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo in early 2031.
The fate of the ISS has been determined
The ISS, the first piece of which was launched in 1998 and the last piece was launched in 2000, has been hosting astronauts in low earth orbit for more than 20 years. The space station, developed in partnership with the USA (NASA), Europe (ESA: European Space Agency), Japan (JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Canada (CSA: Canadian Space Agency) and Russia (Roscosmos: State Space Corporation), has so far been It has done thousands of studies.
Earlier this year, the Joe Biden government announced that they would continue ISS operations until 2030. Following this announcement, NASA published a report on the future of the space station. In January 2031, the ISS will be dropped at Point Nemo, between New Zealand and Chile, the site where Russia’s Mir Space Station was previously dropped.
NASA has signed agreements with three private companies, Blue Origin, Nanoracks LLC, and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, for new commercial space stations. The new space stations are expected to be operational before 2030. The space agency will begin to carry out its operations here with the new space stations becoming operational.
The US thinks it will save $1.3 billion for low-Earth orbit projects, with private companies moving to space stations.
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