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NASA reveals new plan to deorbit International Space Station (newatlas.com)
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[–] SmoothLiquidation 2 points 1 year ago

The plan is to deorbit it in 2030 when the structure will be too old to operate safely.

The original plan was to use Russian pods to help, but with Russia leaving the station in 2028 they can’t rely on that any more so they opened a bid to US companies to design a new deorbiter craft.