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After a quarter of a century in space, the ISS continues to make history

It'll be nothing more than a memory very soon.
Space Coast Daily

NASA’s Apollo 14 Mission Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean, Recovered 55 Years Ago

(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...
WXYZ

NASA plans to crash International Space Station into Pacific Ocean in 2031

NASA says that once it decommissions the International Space Station in 2030, it plans to return the module to the Earth by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean. In a press release on Monday, the agency ...
EcoPortal.net

Like “underwater auroras” — NASA detects glowing rings in the South Pacific and points to an “unmistakable sign of life”

NASA has taken images of an incredible phytoplankton display around the Chatham Islands where warm and colder water converge to create a unique environment.
News24

End of an era in space: Why Nasa is destroying the International Space Station after 25 historic years

After 25 years in orbit, the International Space Station will retire in 2030, clearing the way for private stations and ...
SpaceNews

Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station

GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA is faced with the challenge of safely deorbiting, in one fell swoop, over 400 tons of space hardware in a few years. As of now, the agency plans on deorbiting the International ...
SpaceNews

An Orbital Sunrise Witnessed By Humans Above The Pacific Ocean

This view from one of seven windows on the cupola shows an orbital sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean.