An uncontrolled satellite is seen tumbling towards Earth in newly released images as it prepares to reenter the atmosphere. ERS-2 was launched almost 30 years ago and is expected to break up into pieces upon reentry into the the Earth’s atmosphere. Experts from the European Space Agency said the ERS-2 will break up into fragments …
A private company’s first in-space manufacturing project is about to come back to Earth. Last week, California-based Varda Space Industries got permission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to land the capsule from its W-1 mission in northern Utah. If all goes according to plan, W-1’s 3-foot-wide (0.9 meters) conical capsule will re-enter Earth’s …
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