"Ensuring a Safe Descent: NASA's Mission to Land the International Space Station"
NASA is planning to deorbit and land the International Space Station in the ocean by 2030, and private companies have until February 12 to submit design proposals for a spacecraft to carry out this task. After the ISS's retirement, NASA aims to shift its focus to commercial space operations and deep space missions, including human missions to the moon and Mars. The agency's Artemis moon mission has been delayed to 2025, with the first American attempt to land a commercial spacecraft on the lunar surface also facing setbacks.