NASA announced the terms of operation and flooding of the ISS

NASA space agency in a new report marked the life of the International Space Station - it will operate until 2030.

Gradual decommissioning will begin as early as 2027, however, research, sending crews and cargo will be carried out until 2030 - with a gradual reduction in the volume of work.

Already in January 2031, the ISS will be deorbited, after which it will begin to fall to Earth through the atmosphere. The wreckage should fall into the uninhabited zone of the South Pacific Ocean in the area of ​​​​the conditional Point Nemo, which is as far as possible from any land (at least 2,688 km). This place is called the "cemetery of spaceships."

The International Space Station has been in operation since the end of 1998. It is a joint project of 14 countries. Russia intends to use it only until 2024, after which it will concentrate on a new Russian station, the first module of which should be launched in 2025.

In 2027, three US companies are planning launch the Starlab private space station into orbit. And by 2030 Blue Origin

going lift into orbit its station called Orbital Reef ("Orbital Reef").

Also in orbit is China's new Tiangong space station, which went into operation last year.