--- title: "It’s the spot in the Pacific Ocean farthest away from land in any direction where NASA has planned to dump International Space Station in 2031" description: "It’s the spot in the Pacific Ocean farthest away from land in any direction where NASA has planned to dump International Space Station in 2031" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-19 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95910/it-s-the-spot-in-the-pacific-ocean-farthest-away-from-land-in-any-direction-where-nasa-has-planned-to-dump-international-space-station-in-2031 category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "nasa", "international space station"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # It’s the spot in the Pacific Ocean farthest away from land in any direction where NASA has planned to dump International Space Station in 2031 It’s the [spot](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12899/how-to-spot-if-you-re-optimizing-for-the-wrong-keywords) in the [Pacific Ocean](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34835/who-commissioned-meriwether-lewis-and-william-clark-in-1804-to-explore-the-newly-purchased-american-west-and-discover-a-route-to-the-pacific-ocean) farthest away from land in any [direction](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5034/10-animals-with-the-best-sense-of-direction) where NASA has planned to dump [International Space](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81920/international-space-station-trying-to-be-safe-from-debris) Station in 2031 \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta [**Nasa**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95628/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-has-begun-its-2-year-journey-back-to-earth-after-collecting-samples-from-which-asteroid) has revealed plans to decommission the **International [Space](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12954/do-your-electrical-repair-in-your-own-space) Station (ISS)** in 2031. After hundreds of missions since 1998 to get the station into orbit, taking it down would be an achievement in and of itself, with catastrophic consequences if things go bad. **[Nasa's](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95519/the-nasa-space-agency-has-recently-unveiled-phase-2-of-the-deep-space-food-challenge-in-partnership-with-the-space-agency-of-which-country)** intentions for the dismantling procedure will climax in a **blazing drop into the Pacific Ocean at a place known as Point Nemo**, often called the spaceship cemetery, the farthest location from any civilization. \ ![It’s the spot in the Pacific Ocean farthest away from land in any direction where NASA has planned to dump International Space Station in 2031](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/cf77b655-0e6f-4ef3-adf7-929115be5d49/images/015e0f21-216c-4813-90d3-6858a6861cab.jpeg)\ \ **Also Read: [Which operation has been launched by the Indian Railway Protection Force to curb human trafficking?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95909/which-operation-has-been-launched-by-the-indian-railway-protection-force-to-curb-human-trafficking)** \ Identifying the Point Nemo will be the penultimate stop in a difficult and multi-staged mission to transition the ISS's functions to new commercial space stations and safely return the surviving structure to Earth. **The [International](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95805/suranga-lakmal-plays-international-matches-for-which-country) Space Station (ISS)** has outlived all predictions, despite being commissioned for a 15-year lifetime. It has already been in service for 21 years, and Nasa has granted permission for another decade, tripling its entire projected duration in orbit. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95910/it-s-the-spot-in-the-pacific-ocean-farthest-away-from-land-in-any-direction-where-nasa-has-planned-to-dump-international-space-station-in-2031 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.