But the aging craft is not designed to live forever – in fact, in less than a decade the station will be dragged back to earth where most of it will burn up in thew atmosphere and the rest will plunge in the Ocean.

Unilad reported:

"SpaceX has won a contract to help destroy NASA's International Space Station – and it's set to take place sooner than you'd think."

The ISS was created in 1998 by NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).