Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027

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Elon Musk calls for International Space Station to be deorbited by 2027

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited as soon as possible, perhaps by 2027.

The ISS is aging, and before Musk's intervention, the plan was to deorbit it in 2030. SpaceX was awarded a contract in 2024 worth almost a billion dollars to do the deed but will need to work fast if Musk's suggestion is accepted by the US President, Donald Trump. The original plan required a de-orbit vehicle to be ready by 2029.

More: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/elon_musk_iss_mogensen_insult/

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Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense
Elements within the US space agency have elected to toe the party line

The Crew-9 mission has safely returned to Earth, marking the end of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's extended time in space and possibly NASA's bipartisan leanings.

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida last night, concluding a 286-day stint in space for Williams and Wilmore.

The duo arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6, 2024, on the first crewed test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, but after issues with the Calamity Capsule, mission management elected to return the capsule to Earth empty, and have the pair become part of Crew-9.

More: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/crew9_mission_misinformation/