SciencefromTheregister1 week agoSolar activity brings spacecraft back to Earth years earlyNASA's Van Allen Probe A re-entered Earth's atmosphere eight years earlier than expected due to an unusually active solar cycle causing greater atmospheric drag than predicted.
SciencefromTheregister1 month agoNASA halts Swift science to buy time for reboost missionNASA halted most Swift science operations and stopped slewing to minimize atmospheric drag while awaiting a planned reboost to raise its low orbit.
