A slow-motion funeral is being planned above our heads.
The International Space Station—humanity’s most ambitious and enduring collaboration in the void of space—is nearing its end. The very nations that built it, once enemies turned uneasy allies, are now quietly sketching out its final descent. According to NASA’s Ken Bowersox, the U.S. and Russia are working “as a team” to dismantle the ISS… before something goes catastrophically wrong.
The floating laboratory has circled Earth since 1998, a beacon of cooperation in an increasingly divided world. Held aloft by the combined effort of the U.S., Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe, it was once seen as a symbol of what humanity could achieve when borders were blurred by stars.
But now, its time is running out—and the clock is ticking louder.
In a chilling admission to Russian outlet TASS, Bowersox revealed that the de-orbit plan is underway, though no date has been set. “There is always a chance we could go longer,” he said, pausing ominously before adding, “There is always a chance we could go shorter if something bad were to happen on station.”
If. When. How.
The words hang heavy.
Behind the polished statements of "cooperation" lies a darker truth. Tensions between Russia and the West are reaching critical mass down on Earth—yet up in orbit, astronauts still share air, meals, and mission logs. The line between partnership and political theater has never been thinner.
Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine and the collapse of diplomatic ties, NASA and Roscosmos remain in constant contact. Just this week, Bowersox met with Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to discuss not just the ISS's fate, but the future of rocket launches from the new Baiterek Complex.
It's a haunting reminder: even as global conflict simmers below, the old Cold War adversaries still cling to this final tether of trust… for now.
The ISS isn’t just a machine; it’s a ghost ship of goodwill. A relic from a more hopeful age. Its decommissioning isn’t merely a technical operation—it’s a death knell for the last bastion of peaceful cooperation between two powers poised on the brink.
As the world fractures, the stars are growing colder.
When the time comes, the ISS will not explode or shatter. It will burn. Slowly. Pieces of its hull will tear through Earth’s atmosphere like falling angels, scattering fire across the sky—a funeral pyre for an era that dared to dream beyond the stratosphere.
Will we ever see its like again? Or will space, like Earth, fall victim to the same divisions that plague our ground-bound politics?
The end is coming. Not with a bang, but with re-entry.
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