
analysisMay 1, 2026
The End of the ISS: 2030 Deorbit and the Stations Replacing It
The ISS is being deorbited around 2030. Inside the Zvezda cracking, SpaceX's $843M deorbit vehicle, and the four commercial stations racing to replace it.

The ISS is being deorbited around 2030. Inside the Zvezda cracking, SpaceX's $843M deorbit vehicle, and the four commercial stations racing to replace it.

Gerard O'Neill's rotating space cities: how cylinders, Stanford toruses, and Bernal spheres create artificial gravity, plus Bezos' Blue Origin and Vast Haven-1 plans.