NASA said the station will be deorbited in a controlled manner to avoid populated areas.
In this handout provided by National Aeronautics and Space Administration , back dropped by planet Earth the International Space Station is seen from NASA space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking reAccording to the space agency, the United States plans to transition its operations in low Earth orbit to commercially owned and operated platforms to ensure continued access and presence in space for research, technology development and international...
NASA and its partners have previously studied deorbit requirements and developed a preliminary strategy and action plan to support deorbit operations. "These efforts now indicate a new spacecraft solution would provide more robust capabilities for responsible deorbit," NASA , adding the new U.S. Deorbit Vehicle spacecraft design must function on its first flight and have sufficient redundancy and anomaly recovery capability to continue the critical deorbit burn. "As with any development effort of this size, the USDV will take years to develop, test, and certify.The International Space Station Program has served more than two decades, with assembly missions starting in 1998.
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