ESA predicted that most of the 1,200-pound (550 kilogram) satellite would burn up 50 miles (80 kilometers) above Earth's surface. The targeted reentry point over the sparsely populated South ...

Watch how the atmospheric re-entry of one of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy's fairings, reported to be traveling at more than 15 times ...

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week ...

It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut ...

Scientists there simulated atmospheric reentry conditions using gas heated by an electric arc to temperatures of more than 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit (6,700 degrees Celsius), according to the DLR's ...

But on Wednesday, US Space Command — which had tracked the rocket booster during reentry — said the rocket reentered the Earth’s atmosphere at 2:08 pm MST over the Southern Pacific Ocean ...

Though the space debris issue has been taken more seriously in recent years, scientists have discovered that destructive ...

The experimental re-entry method utilizes an aeroshell that acts like a parachute, similar to the ones featured in the 1985 science fiction television show "Mobile Suit Z Gundam," according to The ...

It’s also possible that the Soviet space probe debris could burn up during atmospheric reentry, but that’s not entirely a given thanks to the probe’s original mission goals.

From the amount of atmospheric drag the satellite was experiencing, teams at the agency's mission control in Germany correctly predicted its reentry at precisely 2:47 p.m. ET (1847 GMT), narrowing ...

Scientists there simulated atmospheric reentry conditions using gas heated by an electric arc to temperatures of more than 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit (6,700 degrees Celsius), according to the DLR's ...