Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
For more than two decades the International Space Station has been orbiting Earth. In that time, it has helped NASA among other agencies have consistent access to low Earth orbit, but it has also cost them quite a bit. It’s estimated that the floating laboratory costs the agency around $3 billion every year, which accounts for roughly a third of the total human spaceflight budget.
With that in mind, NASA has also been working toward its eventual decommissioning, which is expected to happen in 2030, where they purposely deorbit the station, burning up in the atmosphere. Just today however we finally learned what company will be helping in that unique process with a specially designed vehicle. Here I will go more in-depth into the agency picking SpaceX, what type of de-orbit vehicle we can expect, future replacements, and more.
Full article here - thespacebucket.com/nasa-just-picked-spacex-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station
For more space-related content check out - thespacebucket.com
Credit:
SpaceX - youtube.com/c/SpaceX
NASA - youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ
Axiom Space - youtube.com/channel/UCzBPPDEl4aLjIQAbgx9vP7A
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - NASA Picks SpaceX
For more than two decades the International Space Station has been orbiting Earth. In that time, it has helped NASA among other agencies have consistent access to low Earth orbit, but it has also cost them quite a bit. It’s estimated that the floating laboratory costs the agency around $3 billion every year, which accounts for roughly a third of the total human spaceflight budget.
With that in mind, NASA has also been working toward its eventual decommissioning, which is expected to happen in 2030, where they purposely deorbit the station, burning up in the atmosphere. Just today however we finally learned what company will be helping in that unique process with a specially designed vehicle. Here I will go more in-depth into the agency picking SpaceX, what type of de-orbit vehicle we can expect, future replacements, and more.
Full article here - thespacebucket.com/nasa-just-picked-spacex-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station
For more space-related content check out - thespacebucket.com
Credit:
SpaceX - youtube.com/c/SpaceX
NASA - youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ
Axiom Space - youtube.com/channel/UCzBPPDEl4aLjIQAbgx9vP7A
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - NASA Picks SpaceX
