Russian media: The final stage of the International Space Station’s deorbiting process will be entrusted to the American side, says Oleg Kononenko, head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center news.cgtn.comNASA has contracted a purpose-built spacecraft to push the International Space Station out of orbit in late 2030, steering the 430-tonne structure towards the remote South Pacific near Point Nemo, where passing astronauts can briefly be the nearest humans Space DailyRoscosmos and NASA Begin Audit of ISS Systems for Controlled Deorbiting www1.ruFalcon 9 Too Small for ISS Deorbit: NASA Must Procure Heavier Launch Vehicle Tech TimesRussia and the US will deorbit the ISS in 2028-2030 www1.ru
