What Will Happen to The ISS?

After more than two decades buzzing around above our heads, the life of the ISS will soon be coming to a close. But what does that actually look like? And what does it mean for the future of space experimentation? Hosted By: Reid Reimers ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-provides-updated-international-space-station-transition-plan https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2021/12/31/biden-harris-administration-extends-space-station-operations-through-2030/ https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2022_iss_transition_report-final_tagged.pdf https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/32208/20210711/slight-air-leak-aboard-iss-russian-segment-continues-to-baffle-cosmonauts-what-happened.htm https://www.issnationallab.org/about/iss-timeline/. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-plans-a-fiery-end-for-the-international-space-station-by-2031/ Image Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-administrator-statement-on-russian-asat-test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-flzdifn54&t=15s https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Space_Station_orbit-August_2_2018.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRqUPjl3tTQ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/cooperation/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyaXBrttBFQ&t=98s https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-international-space-stations-maintenance-work-area https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/iss027e036700.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-portion-of-the-international-space-stations-russian-segment https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-portion-of-the-international-space-stations-russian-segment https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth_and_international_space_station.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/climate-change-global-warming-concept-gm664350274-120928527 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-comparison-of-the-iss https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1188.html https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/international-space-station-entering-earth-atmosphere-346713352 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2022_iss_transition_report-final_tagged.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-135_final_flyaround_of_ISS_1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Axiom_modules_connected_to_ISS.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:International_Space_Station_Over_Miami,_Florida.jpg