In the 1980s, NASA planned to launch a modular space station named Freedom to rival the Soviet space station Mir. However, in the early 1990s, it evolved into a collaborative project involving NASA, Russia’s Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Canadian Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Throughout its existence, the ISS has been the site of many scientific discoveries and breakthroughs, symbolizing how humans can transcend politics on Earth. The ISS is expected to be retired around 2030 and will be intentionally deconstructed into a thousand pieces before descending into the Pacific Ocean. NASA is planning to burn up the International Space Station and crash it…