International Space Station program ocean was found to be possible only with Russia's assistance. At the time ISS was launched, the Russian Space Agency had experience from de-orbiting the Salyut 4, 5, 6, and 7 space stations, while NASA's first intentional controlled de-orbit of a satellite (the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory) would not occur for another two years. NASA currently has no spacecraft capable of de-orbiting the ISS at the time of decommissioning. Skylab, the only space station built and launched entirely by the US, decayed from orbit slowly over 5 years, and no attempt was made to de-orbit the station using a deorbital
Aurora Space Station a 'hologram deck'. Aurora Space Station The Aurora Space Station is a technology concept for a private commercial space station in low Earth orbit that was announced on 5 March 2018 by Orion Span, a startup aerospace company in California, USA. The concept envisions a capacity of six people: two crew and four tourists. No launch contract has been signed for deployment of the modules nor crewed vehicles, and its construction has not started, but its representatives claim it will be launched in 2021. Frank Bunger, the founder and CEO of Orion Span, stated that the Aurora Station would offer