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NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a spacecraft that will de-orbit the International Space Station in 2030 — a contract valued at as much as $843 million, the agency announced Wednesday. The ISS is nearing the end of its operational life, and as plans for new, commercially owned space stations heat up, the one that started it all will eventually have to be safely disposed of at the end of the decade. Few details about the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, as NASA calls the craft, have been released so far.