NASA Satellite: Re-entry Update
Sep 12, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Shuttle, UARS Re-entry
NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter later this month. According to a NASA-posted UARS update, as of Sept. 12th, the orbit of UARS was 145 mi by 165 mi (235 km by 265 km). Re-entry is expected during the last week of September,...Space Talk
Dragon will also announce its arrival with a brief sonic boom prior to splashing down in the Pacific Ocean
@FreddyLA7 @NASA @AstroAnnimal There’s no place like space, and Orion is a pretty great ride! ✨
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A @SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft undocked from the space station at 12:25pm ET today and will return to Earth packed with science experiments and cargo for analysis and retrieval on Wednesday. More... https://go.nasa.gov/4vhj3sb