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Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean

A big NASA satellite crashed back to Earth on Wednesday morning (March 11) after nearly 14 years in orbit. The spacecraft in question is the 1,323-pound (600-kilogram) Van Allen Probe A, which ...
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NASA's 1,300-pound Van Allen Probe A blazes back to Earth, splashes down in Pacific after 14 years in orbit

After nearly 14 years in space, NASA’s Van Allen Probe A made a fiery return to Earth on Wednesday, March 11. Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, the satellite blazed through Earth's atmosphere and ...
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Parts of 1,300-pound NASA spacecraft to come crashing back to Earth on Tuesday

(NEXSTAR) – The majority of NASA’s Van Allen Probe A spacecraft is expected to burn up on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday. But some of it won’t, by NASA and the U.S. Space Force’s own ...