There have been stories in the news recently that NASA intend to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) in 2031. They are largely based upon a recent NASA report outlining the future of the ISS. This report makes interesting reading and describes how NASA will transition away from the ISS towards commercial space stations (which… Continue reading The end of the International Space Station?
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The future of the International Space Station
Updated May 2026 From the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011 until the first flight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in 2020 the only way astronauts could get to and from the ISS was on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, After a Soyuz spacecraft (Soyuz MS-10) failed to get into orbit on 11 October 2018,… Continue reading The future of the International Space Station
Space stations past and present
The International Space Station (ISS) is now 20 years old. In this post I’ll talk about the history of the ISS and other space stations, and I’ll also touch on some of the politics involved. Image from NASA Early space stations Although America was the first country to put a man on the Moon, the… Continue reading Space stations past and present
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