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NASA outlines cost savings from ISS transition

NASA expects that retiring the ISS in favor of leasing capacity on commercial space stations will ultimately save the agency up to $1.8 billion per year.

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NASA outlines cost savings from ISS transition

NASA outlines cost savings from ISS transition

NASA expects that retiring the ISS in favor of leasing capacity on commercial space stations will ultimately save the agency up to $1.8 billion per year.

NASA reviews private space station proposals, expects to save over $1 billion annually after ISS retires

NASA reviews private space station proposals, expects to save over $1 billion annually after ISS retires

NASA received about a dozen proposals from companies to build private space stations that would replace the International Space Station later this decade.

NASA Plans a Fiery End for the International Space Station by 2031

NASA Plans a Fiery End for the International Space Station by 2031

The space agency has announced the timing of the ISS’s demise as part of a long-planned transition to private orbital outposts

NASA working with cosmetics company on space station commercialization

NASA working with cosmetics company on space station commercialization

NASA is taking the next small step in its efforts to aid LEO commercialization by flying a cosmetics company’s product to the space station

NASA lays out plan for the International Space Station's final years

NASA lays out plan for the International Space Station's final years

The ISS is entering a transition period, as NASA works to encourage the development of private space stations in Earth orbit.

The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

NASA hopes private companies will replace the ISS by 2030—but which one(s)?

When the International Space Station retires, it will plunge into the ocean to die, NASA says

When the International Space Station retires, it will plunge into the ocean to die, NASA says

Point Nemo, an uninhabited part of the South Pacific ocean, is sometimes called the “spacecraft cemetery."

NASA Plans to Crash the International Space Station Into the Ocean in 2031

NASA Plans to Crash the International Space Station Into the Ocean in 2031

The ISS will join other decommissioned spacecraft on the seafloor at Point Nemo, the farthest point from land in the Pacific

NASA Provides Updated International Space Station Transition Plan

NASA Provides Updated International Space Station Transition Plan

The Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to extend space station operations until 2030 will enable the United States to continue to reap these benefits for the next decade while U.S. ...

The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces

The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces

It will splash-land near its final resting place at Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean.

Axiom wins NASA approval to attach commercial habitat to space station

Axiom wins NASA approval to attach commercial habitat to space station

NASA has selected Axiom Space, a Houston-based startup partnering with Boeing and other aerospace contractors, to attach a commercial habitat to the International Space Station and begin ...

How Blue Origin and other commercial space stations will lead NASA to Mars

How Blue Origin and other commercial space stations will lead NASA to Mars

NASA recently announced conctracts for three new space stations, all of them designed and built by private space companies. NASA is getting out LEO.

NASA releases updated plan to de-orbit the International Space Station by the end of 2030

NASA releases updated plan to de-orbit the International Space Station by the end of 2030

NASA has published an update to its International Space Station (ISS) Transition Report which outlin

The International Space Station could fall from the sky in 2031. What happens next?

The International Space Station could fall from the sky in 2031. What happens next?

Since the earliest days of the International Space Station, NASA has been exploring ways to get the private sector more involved, with the hope of bringing a capitalistic bent to a program ...

International Space Station will plummet to a watery grave in 2030

International Space Station will plummet to a watery grave in 2030

Nasa confirmed the ISS will plunge into Point Nemo to join other decommissioned space stations, satellites and space debris

Commercial space policy issues for 2019

Commercial space policy issues for 2019

In the suborbital spaceflight arena, both Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic expect to start flying people this year, with Virgin Galactic performing its latest SpaceShipTwo test flight, with ...

NASA is opening the space station to $35,000-a-night visits. A tourist who paid Russia $30 million to get there a decade ago says it's a 'seismic shift.'

NASA is opening the space station to $35,000-a-night visits. A tourist who paid Russia $30 million to get there a decade ago says it's a 'seismic shift.'

Richard Garriott, who spent two weeks visiting the space station in 2008, said NASA used to fight the idea of private ISS visitors.

Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman to Develop New Space Stations for NASA

Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman to Develop New Space Stations for NASA

NASA has awarded a combined total of about $415.6 million to Blue Origin, Nanoracks, and Northrop Grumman to develop commercial space stations in

NASA Announces End To ISS, Plans Crash Into Pacific Ocean

NASA Announces End To ISS, Plans Crash Into Pacific Ocean

In a perhaps surprising announcement at the end of January, NASA has updated their International Space Station Transition Report with details of a plan to de-orbit and crash the ISS into ...

Space Adventures is back in vogue – and aiming to go beyond orbital tourism

Space Adventures is back in vogue – and aiming to go beyond orbital tourism

Space Adventures is raising its profile in the commercial space game once more, and this time, it’s aiming to be more than just a travel agent for the final frontier.