SpaceX conducted a static fire test of a single Starship 26 engine. The test demonstrated "flight-like startup for a Starship deorbit burn," according to SpaceX. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's ...

NASA says the Deorbit Vehicle will drive the lab to a controlled re-entry and breakup in 2030 to close out three decades of operation.

Elon Musk reiterates call to deorbit International Space Station and focus on Mars amid $1.25 billion allocation from Trump.

As competition in the new space race ramps up with China, the United States is preparing to deorbit the International Space Station. If a replacement is not ready by 2028, China may become the ...

Elon Musk has called for NASA to deorbit it's International Space Station (ISS) 'as soon as possible' because the $150 billion lab has 'served its purpose.' In Thursday post on X, he wrote: 'It is ...

Instead NASA—which has currently commissioned from SpaceX only the construction of the deorbit vehicle, not its launch or operations—will need to turn to a heavy launch vehicle.

The $843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to ...

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is getting $843 million from NASA to develop and deliver the vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station.

At the end of its operational lifetime, the station will be brought back to Earth in a controlled deorbit.

SpaceX's new vehicle to bring down the International Space Station will be a monster. The SpaceX deorbit vehicle, a variant of its workhorse Dragon spacecraft, will carry 46 Draco thrusters to ...

SpaceX revealed illustration of spacecraft for ISS deorbiting mission, with 6x more propellant & 4x power. NASA chose SpaceX for $843M contract.

The $843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to ...