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A spacecraft plunged back into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday. While most of the probe was expected to burn up during reentry, a few components could have survived.
Much of the Van Allen Probe is expected to burn up in the atmosphere though Nasa says there is "low" risk of people being struck by surviving components.
An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday. The US Space Force said the Van Allen Probe A came in west of the Galapagos Islands. NASA expected some of the 1,
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Watch Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft leave the space station on March 12
Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship will depart the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and you can watch the action live.
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New observations show the aftermath of a spacecraft intentionally colliding with an asteroid
The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.
Healable spacecraft structures could soon be possible thanks to cutting-edge composite technology. Swiss companies CompPair and CSEM with Belgian company Com&Sens have partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA) to modify their self-healing carbon fiber product for use in space transportation.
A cargo spacecraft that delivered critical supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA's asteroid-smashing spacecraft managed to alter target space rocks' orbit around the sun
The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in the nick of time.
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to visit our solar system from interstellar space. Despite conspiracy theories, scientists say 3I/ATLAS shows all the signs of being a comet from outside our solar system.