 NASA is tapping Elon Musk's SpaceX to build a vehicle that will drag the International Space Station out of orbit once its operating lifespan comes to an end. NASA is awarding SpaceX over $840 million for the job. The SpaceX-made vehicle could launch later this decade, we're told. It would latch into the International Space Station, which is about a million pounds and roughly the size of a football field, and guide that craft out of Earth's orbit.