NASA Space Technology A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024.Maxar Technologies | Via ReutersNASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk's SpaceX guide the International Space Station's destruction later this decade, the agency announced Wednesday.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the so-called "U.S. Deorbit Vehicle." The spacecraft will be designed to guide the football-field-sized research laboratory back into the Earth's atmosphere after retiring in 2030.The SpaceX-built vehicle will effectively destroy the ISS by pushing the station into reentry from orbit."It is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner," NASA said in a press release, with the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle needed to "ensure avoidance...
