A cargo resupply spacecraft is on its way back to Earth from the International Space Station, where it will make a fiery reentry Saturday, March 14.

The uncrewed Cygnus XL vehicle is expected to burn up during a fiery reentry. It is carrying several thousand pounds of trash from the station to be destroyed upon reentry. The spacecraft delivered 11 ...

Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, the satellite blazed through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the eastern Pacific Ocean, south of Mexico and west of Ecuador, at 6:37 a.m. EDT March 11.

Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now show that the current increase in day length—1.33 ...

Much of the Van Allen Probe was expected to burn up in the atmosphere, though Nasa said there was a "low" risk of people ...

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, concluding a mission that helped scientists better understand the radiation belts protecting the planet.

Giant NASA satellite falling from Earth's atmosphere was caught on camera. Most of it burned up in earth's atmosphere.

A Van Allen Probe spacecraft weighing more than 1,300lb (600kg) is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere almost 14 years after its launch, Nasa says. The spacecraft is projected to re-enter around ...

The Van Allen Probe A, which was launched in August 2012, is likely to reenter Earth's atmosphere around 7:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, NASA said in a news release, citing the U.S. Space Force. There is a ...

Currently, one of those now-defunct spacecraft might be plummeting toward the planet’s surface. Days ago, the U.S. Space ...

NASA’s 1,323-pound Van Allen Probe A will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere soon. Most of the spacecraft will burn up, but some components may survive, with low risk to humans.