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Spacex Falcon Rocket Launches From Californi

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“SPACEX FALCON ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM CALIFORNIA”

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The ISS will be deorbited by 2030, ending 30+ years of spacewalks.

NASA plans to crash the ISS into the ocean around 2030. Future spacewalks will move to commercial successors — Axiom Space, Voyager's Starlab, and Blue Origin's Orbital Reef — already under NASA contract.

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ISS docking happens at roughly the speed of a slow walk!

Spacecraft must slow to about 3–10 cm/second — slower than a turtle — on final approach, aligning within centimeters using laser rangefinders before the capture ring engages and locks the vessel in place.

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