NASA picks SpaceX to carry ISS to its watery graveyard after 2030

Elon Musk's company has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $843 million to develop and deliver the spaceship, dubbed the US Deorbit Vehicle.

After decades of pioneering space research, the ISS will reach its final resting place at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean by 2031. (Credit: AFP)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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WASHINGTON - NASA on Tuesday said it had picked SpaceX to build a vessel to carry the International Space Station back through Earth's atmosphere and on

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NASA picks SpaceX to carry ISS to its watery graveyard after 2030

Elon Musk's company has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $843 million to develop and deliver the spaceship, dubbed the US Deorbit Vehicle.

After decades of pioneering space research, the ISS will reach its final resting place at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean by 2031. (Credit: AFP)

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