It allowed millions to stare in awe as the rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere surrounded by ... they would have demonstrated a controlled reentry and a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

A too-steep re-entry angle could cause excessive ... the Starliner could bounce off the Earth’s atmosphere and be flung back into space, leaving the capsule stranded in orbit and requiring ...

confirmed on X that the phenomenon was the commercial imaging satellite's 'uncontrolled reentry' into the atmosphere. McDowell said the SuperView-1 02 was 'space junk' and had been 'dead as a ...

Will she bring the satellite's data back to NASA and return to her former life? Or will she let her past burn up, like the satellite's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere?

outer shell of vessels of spacecraft to help them survive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere." Russian and Soviet lunar landers used cork to help the rover have grip as it was descending to the ...

McDowell confirmed on X that it was a satellite operated by Beijing-based Space View. "The commercial imaging satellite 高景一号02星 (GaoJing 1-02, Superview 1-02), operated by Beijing-based SpaceView, ...

China downplayed the potential risks of its rocket traveling uncontrolled toward Earth, saying most of it will burn upon reentry into the atmosphere. The Long March 5B rocket took off from China ...

McDowell said a commercial imaging satellite made re-entry above New Orleans ... is orbiting the earth as space junk until the atmosphere drags it down and it gets so low, that you’re in ...