Nearly 14 years after its launch, NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere on the evening of March 10, bringing the mission of one of the agency's most important ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite, Van Allen Probe A, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on March 10 after more than a ...

Space travel is, of course, an inherently dangerous undertaking. In addition to concerns about equipment malfunctions and the risks of manufacturing an Earth-like environment in the vacuum of space, ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is hurtling back toward Earth, but don't worry, it's expected to fall in open waters.

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James A. Van Allen, the physicist who made the first major scientific discovery of the early space age, the Earth-circling radiation belts that bear his name, and sent spacecraft instruments to ...

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The probe was one of two launched in 2012 from Florida to study Earth's hazardous Van Allen radiation belts. NASA states that while some components may survive re-entry, the risk of harm to anyone on ...

The ESRO-4 satellite being prepared for solar simulation testing in Building 24 of the ESTEC technical centre in early 1972. (Phys.org) —NASA's twin Van Allen Probes will celebrate on Saturday two ...