SpaceX is building a superpowered spaceship to scrap the International Space Station for NASA

A Dragon spaceship approaches the
International Space Station with astronauts
aboard. NASA

The International Space Station has been a haven for hundreds of astronauts over the last 23 years. But its days are numbered. 

In June, NASA announced it would pay Elon Musk's company SpaceX up to $843 million to help decommission the ISS. 

On Wednesday, NASA and SpaceX shared new details about their plan, which involves a superpowered, extra-large Dragon spaceship that can push the ISS out of orbit and into a fiery plummet to a remote ocean grave, probably in 2031.

Full story at Yahoo News.

By Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jessica Orwig.