 Now, the three big things you need to know. Powered by Mark Spain Real Estate. Three. A new spaceship is being built that will bring down the ISS. NASA announced yesterday that it has awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to build the so-called U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, which would guide the ISS back to Earth's atmosphere in the year 2030. Re-entering the atmosphere would effectively destroy the ISS.