Watch this Space: Mystery cosmic ray and killing the International Space Station
Unlike most space junk, the 109-metre wide space station is too big to completely vapourise in Earth’s atmosphere upon reentry.
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Unlike most space junk, the 109-metre wide space station is too big to completely vapourise in Earth’s atmosphere upon reentry.
When the International Space Station's life comes to an end in 2023, there will be a complicated and expensive mission to deorbit it.
The International Space Station—larger than a football field and weighing almost 450 tons—must eventually fall to Earth. It’s a delicate, dangerous process
The aging complex will be replaced by commercially operated space stations, and deorbited as soon as 2030.
The International Space Station, initiated with Russia's Zarya module launch in 1998, has seen significant contributions: 275 launches, 269 spacewalks, and 337 docking operations. The ISS has hosted 273 astronauts from 21 countries, marking a monumental achievement in international space collaboration and research.