In order to safely deorbit the aging International Space Station and move on to future commercial space destinations, NASA and SpaceX have agreed to create a US Deorbit Vehicle. The management of the ISS debris disintegration process will be significantly aided by the landing location at Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a $843 million contract to develop a spaceship that would securely deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for its scheduled decommissioning in 2030.
What is said in the NASA-SpaceX contract?
In order to deorbit the space station and prevent hazards to inhabited regions, SpaceX will construct a US Deorbit Vehicle in accordance with the NASA contract.
NASA will assume responsibility for the spaceship and manage the deorbiting process.
ISS is a research facility the size of a football field that is mostly run by the United States and Russia. Throughout its roughly 24 years of existence, government astronauts have been stationed there on a constant basis. NASA and its international partners had planned to deorbit and destroy it in 2030 because to its aging components.
"Selecting a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle for the International Space Station may assist NASA and its international partners ensure a secure and ethical transition in low Earth orbit at the end of station operations," stated Ken Bowersox, associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA's main campus in Washington, in a press release. This ruling permits the ongoing use of space close to Earth and supports NASA's ambitions for future commercial destinations.
NASA in the United States is sponsoring the early construction of privately constructed space stations in low-Earth orbit, such as Airbus and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, in order to preserve its presence in the cosmic area.
The ISS's malfunction mechanism
Agencies anticipate that the ISS will disintegrate into three phases:
- The separation of radiators and solar arrays, which are essential to sustaining the ISS's temperature.
Detachment of individual modules from the truss, which serves as the station's main structural element
- Breaking down the modules and truss
According to reports, NASA chose Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean as the location where the debris from the ISS would land.
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