NASA to pay SpaceX $843M to de-orbit football field-sized space station

NASA says it will pay SpaceX $843 million to develop a vehicle capable of dragging the International Space Station out of orbit.

The orbiting laboratory, roughly the size of a football field, weighs nearly one million pounds.

The agency said that it wants SpaceX to have this de-orbit vehicle ready for use by 2029.

More here: scrippsnews.com

Photo: NASA via AP

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