US EditionNASA Will Say Goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030, and Welcome in the Age of Commercial Space Stations
NASA will end the ISS mission after nearly 30 years and fund commercial stations to maintain continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, investing over $400 million so far.
- NASA and its international partners will deorbit the International Space Station into a remote Pacific Ocean area in 2030 after 25 years of continuous human presence.
- The retirement of the ISS follows its launch beginning in 1998 and a streak of continuous occupation since November 2000, supported by multiple countries including the US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia.
- NASA announced three awards in December 2021 and issued a draft in September 2025 to fund commercial companies developing privately owned space stations to operate in low-Earth orbit before the ISS's decommissioning.
- More than 4,000 investigations performed on the ISS have led to upwards of 4,400 published studies contributing to improvements on Earth and paving the way for future space missions, while NASA has allocated over $400 million to support the growth of commercially operated space stations.
- Following the retirement of the ISS, China’s Tiangong station, which supports a permanent three-person crew, will maintain an ongoing human presence in orbit, while NASA aims to sustain uninterrupted habitation around Earth through upcoming commercial space stations.
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