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- The International Space Station is entering its final five years, with a deorbit planned around 2030.
- NASA has contracted SpaceX for up to $843 million to develop the United States Deorbit Vehicle to guide the ISS to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will command ISS on December 7, 2025.
- The ISS has supported 940 payloads launched since 2011 as operations wind down toward Artemis program.
