What will happen to the International Space Station?

After two decades in space, the materials and structures that make up the International Space Station are wearing away and future of the ISS is uncertain. In this video, we look at how long the space station has left, NASA's plans for future space stations and the possibility of SpaceX turning Starship into its own space station.

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[welldonetothe]

A wave of sadness passed me when the words ISS and retire are spoken in the same sentence

[tbx]

I wish somebody could put cameras and antennas all over the inside and out of ISS and livestream the de-orbiting.


Edit: I’m talking about magic hypothetical ones that could survive re-entry, not the flimsy cameras they have hanging on the outside. The current station setup would surely blackout during the most intense phase of the reentry.

[Mayo-gzqx]

Imagine civilization in 1000 years discovering the iss in the ocean

[seanwilliam]

It will be a very sad day when the ISS retires. I remember as a young lad sitting outside on the days of a clear night sky with my father, tracking the movements of the ISS and watching it pass by as a very distant light.

[dakotamoffatt]

I'm sure some future historians would appreciate it if the ISS was dismantled and safely brought back to Earth, assuming that it's possible

[jamesfra]

The biggest shooting star which everyone can wish upon.

[leoslego]

I'm going to drop my LEGO ISS when they drop the real one.

[kunstlerischesetwas]

Imagine how this Iconic Space Station will be reported to future generations in the history books in 20-50 years. I, as a person who grew up during this time and always took the ISS for granted, cannot imagine that. And that's scary in some way.

[joshuaphillips]

3:37


"Once Space X has Star-ship up and running,
it could be modified and turned into it's own space station.
with a single Star-ship providing more space than the entire ISS."


This is our rate of progression, amazing!

[Mr.Ramirez]

People are out there trying to clean up the oceans...

*NASA* let's dump our trash over the Pacific...

[codheadwill]

Whos watching when two more Americans are getting launched to the ISS

[OfMiceAndMegabytes]

Just seems like the world is just growing apart and going their own way. The optimism of a united Earth in the 90s with the ISS will literally go down in flames its a pity.

[gunswinger]

Your voice just goes so well with this script, it would be very interesting to see you cover the more technical aspects of previous space missions. Keep it up man!

[quickstergamestutorialsgam]

What if nemo dies from the deorbiting space station?

[earlystrikeland]

Why not deorbit the space station straight into kim jong un house.?

[TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

*NASA - We will drop the ISS into Point Nemo.*
*Cthulhu - Am I a joke to you ?*

[raz]

00:12 _...Conducting an incredible amount of scientific research, _


**shows people floating in zero-gravity and enjoying meals**

[piknick]

When you think of space and how small we are, it's a humbling feeling.

[DM-rcyu]

"We can appreciate the enormous amount of knowledge it has given us"
The internet: "This is fake and Earth is flat"

[girvin]

Put some booster rockets on it and put it in orbit around the moon