The tender was announced in the last few hours and will have a budget of 883 million dollars, the BBC website indicated.
The orbital station was launched into space on November 20, 1998, while the operations continuous manned flights began in 2000.
The station turns around the Earth every 90 minutes at an altitude of just over 400 kilometers (250 miles) and was home to thousands of scientific experiments.
In its structure He investigated all kinds of phenomena, from the aging process of humans to the formula of new types of materials.
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Elon Musk, the president of SpaceX who will have to comply with NASA’s demands to shoot down the ISS in 2030
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To explain its elimination, NASA engineers argued that, although the laboratory remains structurally sound, It is necessary to implement plans now for its eventual removalas it could represent a risk if it returns to Earth autonomously.
Elon Musk will continue being a key man in the future of space exploration. NASA entrusted the company with led by South African tycoon to develop and build the “American Deorbiter Vehicle” that will be used to deorbit the Space Station International.
Space X plans launch this special vehicle later in this decade. The device will dock with the ISS –a structure of almost 450 tons, about the size of a football field – and will guide you while it falls out of Earth’s orbit.
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This will be the special vehicle commissioned by NASA from the company SpaceX to shoot down the ISS
The space station and deorbit vehicle are expected to be reintroduce into the atmosphere terrestrial traveling to a speed of more than 27,000 kilometers per hour.
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“The selection of a vAmerican deorbiting vehicle for the International Space Station (ISS) will help NASA and its international partners agensure a safe and responsible transition into low Earth orbit at the end of station operations. This decision also supports the NASA plans for future commercial destinationsand allows for the continued use of space near Earth,” Ken Bowersox, the agency’s director of space operations, said in a statement.
