Tariq Malik of Space.com talks to CNN about the German satellite and other space debris falling to Earth.
In the early morning hours Saturday, surviving remnants of a NASA satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere over a remote stretch of the southern Pacific Ocean, the U.S. space agency said Tuesday.
A NASA satellite came through the atmosphere, but they're not sure where the pieces went. CNN's Reynolds Wolf explains.
Kris Rakowski put the dog out late Friday and looked to the skies above his Maple Grove, Minnesota, residence.
CNN's John Zarrella reports the U.S is an unlikely but potential target of the satellite falling from space.
A defunct satellite plummeting toward Earth is expected to re-enter the atmosphere between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 12:45 a.m. Saturday ET, NASA reported late Friday evening.
A satellite whose orbit is degrading will fall back to Earth Friday afternoon, but only some of its pieces will survive the fiery ride through the atmosphere, NASA scientists said Thursday.
Satellite failures could become more commonplace, scientists have warned, as the amount of space debris reaches a "tipping point."
Tuesday's space debris incident at the International Space Station was the "closest anything has come to the space station," NASA said Wednesday.
NASA says a piece of space junk won't pose a threat to the space station crew. CNN's John Zarrella reports.
A piece of space junk, determined a couple hours earlier not to be a threat to the crew aboard the International Space Station, passed within four miles of it Tuesday, NASA said.
The debris that scientists were concerned about earlier Thursday is now not expected to come too near the International Space Station, NASA said.
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it, NASA said on Thursday.
A piece of space debris is not expected to pose any danger to the two crew members aboard the international space station, a NASA spokesman said Tuesday.
It's the biggest meeting ever so far from Earth.
Space Shuttle Endeavour docs with the International Space Station.
The humble sail is undergoing a revolution and is set to be thrust into outer-space for use on satellites, rockets and other spacecraft.
The mysterious burst of light in the sky and loud booms witnessed Sunday night by residents along the Mid-Atlantic coastline was likely caused by a Russian rocket booster re-entering the atmosphere, said an official at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
The space shuttle Discovery safely docked at the international space station on Tuesday, a welcome smooth maneuver during a mission that was delayed by a gas leak and threatened by hurtling chunks of space junk.
Space Shuttle Discovery successfully docks with the International Space Station.
The crew of the international space station had a close call with a spent satellite engine in Earth orbit Thursday, forcing the crew to take shelter aboard its return capsule before the object passed harmlessly, NASA said.
CNN's Sandra Endo reports on the mystery fireball seen or heard by hundreds of Texans last week.
Just like some U.S. officials looking into the mystery, the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was.
Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky were reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities said.
Two satellites, one Russian and one American, have collided some 800 kilometers (500 miles) above Siberia, the Russian and U.S. space agencies, said Thursday.
The U.S. military may try within days to shoot down a failed satellite using a missile launched from a Navy ship, officials announced Thursday.
President Bush orders the U.S. Navy to shoot down a broken spy satellite. CNN's Jamie McIntyre reports
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