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The Kinetica-1 rocket launched Wednesday for the first time since a failure doomed its previous attempt to reach orbit in December, according to the vehicle's developer and operator, CAS Space. The ...
You can now own a $1 gold coin celebrating one of America’s most revolutionary achievements: the NASA Space Shuttle program.
Kosmos 482, a Soviet-era spacecraft launched in 1972, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere Saturday after over 50 years in orbit. Russia claimed it landed in the Indian Ocean, but the European Space Agency ...
A spacecraft built like a tank that was supposed to study Venus has likely crashed back to Earth Saturday morning, decades ...
A Soviet satellite once bound for Venus has crashed landed back on Earth after more than half a century in space. The Kosmos ...
Many in the media used the term “stranded” to describe the pair while they lived and worked on the ISS as part of Expedition ...
Kosmos 482, a Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to fall to Earth this weekend. Stay up to date on ...
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The European Space Agency provided a similar time frame, 2:26 a.m. ET. A large swath of the globe could be a potential ...
Its reentry will be uncontrolled. Typically, space junk reenters at around seven kilometres per second and can reach temperatures of 1,600°C as it tears through the atmosphere. Titanium alloys ...
An out of control Soviet spacecraft is due to crash back down to Earth this week after being stuck in space for more than 50 years. The space debris is due to fall through the Earth's atmosphere on ...
Venera 1 was launched in 1961, only four years after Sputnik 1, the first satellite. Venera 7, in 1970, was the first ...