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What Is Worth Saving Before the ISS Deorbits?
The Brief
- The video asks which parts of the International Space Station are worth saving before it is deorbited.
- It is framed around what could be preserved from the station rather than lost when it is brought down.
Why watch · It offers an engineering look at what happens to a major orbital structure at the end of its life.
- International Space Station
- Deorbiting
- Spaceflight engineering
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