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NASA science probe falls back to Earth sooner than expected

Earth is struck by reentering human-made objects far more often than most people realize. According to debris specialists, some mass survives to the ground about once a week, a reminder that the end of a spacecraft’s mission is often as engineered as its launch.

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Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth

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A NASA spacecraft is set to make an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth. Here are the risks

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NASA’s Van Allen probe falls back after years of shielding space science

A spacecraft built to study one of Earth’s most hostile regions ended its mission with a return through the atmosphere years earlier than expected. Van Allen Probe A, a NASA satellite weighing about 1 ...

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NASA to provide satellite data for fisheries research in new partnership

Under a new partnership with the Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS), NASA will provide new advanced satellite data ...

Massive airplane-sized, 140-foot asteroid to cross paths with Earth tomorrow, NASA alerts

A 140-foot asteroid named 2007 EG is speeding toward Earth at over 17,000 mph and will make a close flyby soon.

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Duffy comments seed doubts about future of NASA Earth science

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) 2 spacecraft is one of many science missions at NASA targeted for termination in the 2026 budget request. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — Comments by ...

NASA plans to have a permanent base on the moon by 2030: How it can be done

A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory ...

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