NASA awards SpaceX nearly $1 billion contract to build ISS deorbit spacecraft
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- Jun 27, 2024
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NASA discovers potentially habitable exoplanet 40 light years from Earth
SpaceX will develop the spacecraft, but NASA will take ownership after its development and operate it through the mission, the space agency said. The spacecraft is also expected to "destructively breakup" as part of the re-entry process to Earth.
The International Space Station was launched in 1998, and the first long-term residents arrived in 2000.
Since 1998, five space agencies have operated the ISS, with each agency responsible for managing and controlling the hardware it provides: NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and State Space Corporation Roscosmos.
USA TODAY has contacted SpaceX for comment.
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