de-orbit

After a de-orbit burn, the service module is jettisoned, exposing the heat shield for the first time in the mission.

Orion Slims Down - NASA Watch 2009

And during reentry they make things much more dangerous: With the inherently stable aerodynamic shape of a capsule you can take a shotgun to the guidance computers after your de-orbit burn and come in like a blind and dumb rock and still survive re-entry.

Trying To Spin The Facts - NASA Watch 2009

Umm, the X-38 was the basically unpowered (it only had enough delta-V to de-orbit, with most of the deceleration being provided by atmospheric braking, as it usual) Crew Return Vehicle - it had to be lifted to orbit by the Shuttle.

Abbey Lane: They're Back - NASA Watch 2009

Iridium might be an exception, since, when they first went bankrupt, they had planned to de-orbit all of their satellites.

Satellite Collisions: Sooner Or Later ... - NASA Watch 2009

Umm, the X-38 was the basically unpowered (it only had enough delta-V to de-orbit, with most of the deceleration being provided by atmospheric braking, as it usual) Crew Return Vehicle - it had to be lifted to orbit by the Shuttle.

Abbey Lane: They're Back - NASA Watch 2009

A shuttle-c configuration would only de-orbit the main engines at most.

Liftoff of Atlantis - NASA Watch 2009

Needless to say a small rise in the projected RECURRING production and operations costs of Orion, Ares I, Ares V and the Lander will eat into that $2B available post-ISS de-orbit.

Layoffs Begin, Ames Offers Buyouts - NASA Watch 2009

"They gave us the ability to move forward knowing that we had a vehicle that was safe to continue the mission and to return for de-orbit and entry," LeRoy Cain, the deputy shuttle program manager, said of the inspection process first practiced in 2005.

Shuttle prepares for space station rendezvous 2011

One must de-orbit the ISS to have any latitude to do anything in the human spaceflight portion of the budget beyond the aforementioned RECURRING production and operations expenses on a yearly basis for Orion, Ares I, Ares V and the Altair Lander.

Layoffs Begin, Ames Offers Buyouts - NASA Watch 2009

"Russia is making plans to detach and fly away its parts of the International Space Station when the time comes to de-orbit the rest of the outpost."

Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009