International Space Station Retirement Announced

NASA formally announced a definitive 2030 deorbit plan for the International Space Station in 2025, after more than 25 years of continuous human presence in orbit. The plan calls for a controlled reentry using a custom SpaceX deorbit vehicle, with debris falling into a remote ocean zone. The announcement intensified development timelines for commercial successors including Axiom Station and Starlab, both of which received NASA contracts to provide future crewed orbital platform services.