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NASA prepares for International Space Station retirement

FOX News

'Special Report' host Bret Baier reports on how NASA is preparing to decommission the ISS on'Special Report.' In October of 2000, a Soyuz Rocket carried the first expedition to the International Space Station and thus began the permanent residence aboard the laboratory. Humans have occupied a place in space ever since. NASA is now preparing for what's next for human presence in space with plans to de-orbit the International Space Station in 2031. "We constantly have maintenance on the space station. We constantly send our astronauts out on spacewalks and they are doing just that," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.