Another safety issue addressed during the meeting is the lack of a deorbit plan for the ISS in case of an emergency. NASA is in the process of solidifying a plan to ditch the nearly one-million ...

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NASA has hired SpaceX to build a U.S. deorbit vehicle, or USDV, to drive the million-pound space station back into the atmosphere in 2030 to ensure it breaks up over the southern Pacific Ocean ...

NASA has hired SpaceX to build a U.S. deorbit vehicle, or USDV, to drive the million-pound space station back into the atmosphere in 2030 to ensure it breaks up over the southern Pacific Ocean ...

Coverage will pick up again at 5:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) ahead of undocking and then again at 8:00 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT on April 20) for the Soyuz's deorbit burn, entry, descent and landing.

Finally, Chun capped his voyage into space with a 30-second clip from his seat inside Dragon as the spacecraft fires thrusters for a deorbit burn. The capsule's small rocket jets pulsed repeatedly ...

Almost two and half hours later, the vehicle performed a deorbit burn and shed its orbital and propulsion modules, leaving just its gumdrop-shaped descent capsule to bring the three crewmates back ...

A selfie taken by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Over the past 13 years, the four-wheeled Curiosity rover has traveled approximately 21 miles (34 kilometers) across the ...

HOUSTON—A NASA safety panel has raised concerns about the risks involved in the continuing operation of the International Space Station (ISS) as it moves toward a planned 2030 deorbit.

is slated for a summer launch and will stay at the ISS for some time in order to test tech related to the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, a SpaceX craft that will hopefully be able to bring the ISS safely ...