The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus probe will fall back to Earth from orbit soon, and it may well make it to the ground in one piece.

A defunct NASA satellite that launched 14 years ago to study Earth’s radiation belts is expected to crash back to the planet on Tuesday. The roughly 1,323-pound spacecraft, known as the Van Allen ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1,300-pound NASA satellite will crash back to Earth in an expected milestone that will bring to an end its 14 years of orbiting ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2012, NASA launched two probes into space: Van Allen Probe A and Van Allen Probe B. Their goal was to collect data on charged ...

(CNN/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - A NASA satellite that studied Earth’s radiation belts is expected to re-enter the atmosphere. NASA said Van Allen Probe A, a roughly 1,300-pound spacecraft, is projected to ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite will crash back to Earth in an expected milestone that will bring to an end its 14 years of orbiting our planet. The first of NASA's twin Van Allen Probes is expected on ...