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 ...

A deorbit spacecraft of some sort is needed because even at the space station's current altitude of 260 miles, trace amounts of the atmosphere still exist.

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

But even with the significant incorporation of the Dragon architecture, around half of the USDV will be entirely new, and 100% of the deorbit functionality will be new to this spacecraft, she said.

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 continues to push the idea that it’s time to deorbit the International Space Station and shift focus toward the Red Planet. “It has served its purpose,” the billionaire SpaceX ...

The deorbit vehicle will carry an additional 30 Draco engines inside its trunk, with between 22 and 26 firing at a time, to give the spacecraft the heft needed to wrangle the sprawling station.

The International Space Station (ISS) may be retired sooner than the planned 2030 deorbit date due to age, cost, and a potential shift in NASA's priorities. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has expressed ...

With 6x more propellant and 4x the power of today's Dragon spacecraft, SpaceX was selected to design and develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle for a precise, controlled deorbit of the @Space_Station ...

A controlled deorbit would allow the ISS to be brought down to Earth at a time and place of NASA’s choosing, creating the lowest possible risk to people and infrastructure. This is the option ...

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. NASA and its partner agencies had planned to keep it ...