The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth, disintegrating in the atmosphere, less than three months after launching on the bold mission.

NASA’s PACE spacecraft inside a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, FL. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now From the oceans to the atmosphere, there’s still quite a bit we don’t ...

NASA has highlighted the lessons learned from the Swift boost mission, an ambitious effort to extend the orbital lifetime of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1,300-pound NASA probe re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 14 years after it was launched. The U.S. Space Force ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere Tuesday evening after more than a decade in orbit, according to ...

NASA has recently detected metallic fragments entering Earth’s atmosphere, sparking intrigue and concern among scientists and the public alike. These fragments, originating from space debris, ...

A veteran spacecraft has sniffed the Martian atmosphere for the last time. More than a decade after the MAVEN orbiter arrived at Mars and six months after it unexpectedly went quiet, NASA has ...

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere has earned a top award from NASA for its ongoing data processing work on the CloudSat satellite orbiting ...