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What the end of the International Orbiting Space Station will look like

Nasa confirms decommissioning plan: it will plummet into water in 2031

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) confirmed the new decommissioning plan of the International Space Station (ISS) in recent days. This will take place at the end of operations in 2031. After moving out of orbit the structure will take a dip in the waters of the South Pacific Ocean, at Point Nemo, a place about 2,700 km far from the mainland that become a space cemetery.The end...

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Washington, United States, 02/03/2022 12:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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