00:00But age and budget cuts led to a controlled re-entry in 2001.
00:04And then the ISS, built since 1998, inhabited in 2000 and 2001.
00:12An international masterpiece involving 16 nations, over 250 visitors from 20 countries.
00:19It has brought us groundbreaking research from protein crystals against cancer to 3D printing
00:24in a vacuum and it cost over 150 billion dollars.
00:30But after more than 25 years, the end is approaching.
00:34In 2030, it will be de-orbited in a controlled descent into the Pacific over Point Nemo to avoid collisions.
