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1,300-pound NASA satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere after 14 years in space

A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched.

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NASA spacecraft makes an uncontrolled plunge back to Earth

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NASA satellite to crash to Earth after 14 years in space. What to know

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Look Out Below! A 1,300-Pound NASA Satellite Is on Its Way Back to Earth

NASA expects the Van Allen Probe A satellite to come crashing back to Earth after a 14-year journey through space.

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1,300-pound NASA satellite set to crash back down to Earth nearly 14 years after launch

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Parts of giant Nasa satellite to crash to Earth, posing low risk

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Nasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

The spacecraft is projected to re-enter around 19:45 EST (00:45 GMT) on Tuesday the US Space Force predicted, according to Nasa, though there is a 24-hour margin of "uncertainty" in the timing.

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Defunct NASA satellite to crash back to Earth, with a small risk of falling debris

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Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite will crash to Earth on March 10

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NASA space probe expected to reenter the atmosphere with a chance of raining debris

One of NASA’s spacecraft could reenter the atmosphere at approximately 7:45 P.M. EDT tonight. When the 600-kilogram Van Allen Probe A reenters Earth’s atmosphere, it will largely burn up, but there

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NASA astronauts are returning to the moon. Houston’s Johnson Space Center will get them there

Mission Control will be packed with experts, specialists and flight directors around-the-clock as NASA takes on its most complicated mission in more than half a century.

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NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

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NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger Didymos around the sun.

Why NASA doesn’t have an emergency rescue plan for astronauts in space

When, during the International Space Station (ISS) mission, astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stretched from eight days to over nine months.

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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.

Congress’ updated NASA directive seeks to extend space station life to 2032

A new NASA authorization bill moving through the U.S. Senate would extend the International Space Station’s life among other directives.

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NASA spacecraft to reenter uncontrolled, but human risk remains minimal

NASA says its 1,300‑pound Van Allen Probe A is making an uncontrolled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Most of the spacecraft is expected to burn up, but late‑stage design changes mean some debris could survive and fall along its equatorial ground track.