NASA says that once it decommissions the International Space Station in 2031, it plans to return the 30-year-old module to the Earth by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean,
NASA says that once it decommissions the International Space Station in 2030, it plans to return the module to the Earth by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean.
According to the agency, allowing private companies to handle space station operations will"develop both the supply and demand side of the low-Earth orbit commercial economy and the technical steps and budget required for transition." Once NASA officially retires the International Space Station, the agency plans to bring the module down from Low-Earth Orbit in 2031.
NASA says it will aim for the spacecraft to land in the South Pacific Oceanic Uninhabited Area — a remote oceanic region southeast of New Zealand, where scientists often direct spacecraft to land, as it's far away from human-inhabited landmasses.
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