The Van Allen probe's mission was meant to last two years, but ended up going for nearly seven.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is expected to crash through Earth's atmosphere March 10, 2026, with some of the spacecraft ...

NASA's Van Allen Probe A is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere almost 14 years after launch. From 2012 to 2019, the spacecraft and its twin, Van Allen Probe B, flew through the Van Allen belts, ...

Here's a look at where and when NASA's Van Allen Probe A will crash on Earth March 10, 2026.

Over a decade ago, NASA launched two probes to investigate the Van Allen belts —two rings of high-energy particles that encircle the Earth and protect it from harmful solar storms and cosmic radiation ...

A spacecraft plunged back into Earth’s atmosphere early Wednesday. While most of the probe was expected to burn up during ...

Weighing just over 1,300 pounds, NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is hurtling toward Earth, its fiery re-entry set to slam into the atmosphere later tonight.

Decommissioned seven years ago, NASA’s Van Allen Probe A satellite wasn’t supposed to fall to Earth until 2034. It’ll make a ...

Van Allen Probe A was originally designed for just a two-year mission ...

From discovering a mysterious third radiation belt to a fiery goodbye, here's how NASA's Van Allen Probe A changed space weather science forever.

NASA's Van Allen Probe A, a 600kg satellite, is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere on Tuesday evening, with minimal risk of ...