"The urgency of defining a deorbit plan, first highlighted in ... That engagement harkens back to the deorbiting of Russia's Mir space station in 2001. Controlled reentry of the 130-ton Mir ...

“Selecting a US Deorbit Vehicle for the International Space Station will help NASA and its ... Notably, Russia’s Mir – at the time the largest and longest-lasting space station, until ...

DOGE leader and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said it's time to speed up preparations to deorbit the International Space Station.

The ISS was officially approved by former US President Ronald Reagan in 1984, and its development involved contributions from multiple nations.

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 ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggests it is time to deorbit the International Space Station, arguing it has fulfilled its purpose. He recommends deorbiting the ISS within two years and advocates focusing ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams disagrees with Elon Musk's suggestion to deorbit the International Space Station sooner than planned, advocating for its operation until 2030 due to its ongoing ...

In its preparation to return from the International Space State, NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 had a successful deorbit burn to initiate its landing near Florida.

its commercial space station, was driven by the need for SpaceX's deorbit vehicle to use the same port on the ISS and to preserve scientific experiments on board the retiring space 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 ...