NASA knows that its International Space Station won’t be around forever. Eventually, the structure will pass its extended lifetime and will have to be decommissioned.
But that doesn't mean it needs to be scrapped.
Instead, the space agency has given aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin the go ahead to refurbish an old cargo module of the ISS. As part of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program, the company will be repurposing the Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). Read more...
But that doesn't mean it needs to be scrapped.
Instead, the space agency has given aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin the go ahead to refurbish an old cargo module of the ISS. As part of NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program, the company will be repurposing the Donatello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). Read more...