NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 -- by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean.
NASA intends to keep operating the International Space Station until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, according to newly published plans outlining its future.
Launched in 2000, the space lab has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different countries enjoying stints aboard -- representing a continuous human presence in space.NASA said that commercially operated space platforms would replace the ISS as a venue for collaboration and scientific research. "The private sector is technically and financially capable of developing and operating commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, with NASA's assistance.
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