The $ 843 million spacecraft SpaceX is designing to bring down the International Space Station at the end of the decade will be a super-powered version of its Dragon capsule that’s used to transport astronauts and cargo to orbit today, the company revealed Wednesday. NASA awarded SpaceX the massive contract to develop the U.S. Deorbit […]
SpaceX scores $843M NASA contract to de-orbit ISS in 2030
NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will de-orbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $ 843 million, the agency announced Wednesday. The ISS is nearing the end of its operational life, and as plans for new, commercially owned space stations heat up, the one […]
SpaceX will deorbit 100 Starlink satellites with unidentified flaw
SpaceX announced today that it will be sending some 100 Starlink satellites to an early retirement after a flaw was identified that could make them a worry later on. Don’t expect a fiery light show, though, and if you use Starlink, your service should be unaffected. The announcement explains that “the Starlink team identified a […]