The Petersburg Post

Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 - "Due to late-stage design changes, the potential risk of uncontrolled reentry increased." A NASA satellite that spent more than a decade coursing through the Van Allen radiation belts encircling Earth is about to fall back into the atmosphere. Most of the spacecraft will burn up during reentry, but a fraction of the material making up the 1,323-pound (600-kilogram) satellite will likely reach Earth's surface ...