But during launch, the 23-metric-ton rocket booster reached orbit and is now being dragged toward Earth for an uncontrolled reentry, according to the Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit that ...

He added that the re-entry zone for the rocket was geographically limited to between the latitudes of 41 degrees south and 41 degrees north of the equator. The US Space Command said it will track ...

The rocket carrying the module, the Long March 5B, will make an uncontrolled reentry. This isn’t the first time rocket debris from China’s space program has plunged through the atmosphere ...

which as of Friday morning had produced a graph showing the future trajectory of the rocket, as well as a very rough estimated re-entry time of 3:24 p.m. ET on July 30—plus or minus seven hours.

The SpaceX Starship rocket successfully reached the separation stage after launching from Texas on Tuesday, but the booster ...

The mission faced a slight setback as the rocket deviated from its trajectory towards the end of the flight, failing to carry out its planned re-entry into the earth's atmosphere and landing in ...

Manufacturers are also exploring designing disposal into rocket bodies and satellites from the very beginning, including researching what materials will burn up on re-entry and which ones won't.

But what might be a hurdle next will be surviving re-entry. That's because the noise and vibrations experienced during a launch are intense. If you ever go to a rocket launch, leave your phone in ...

The return marked the second time that Rocket Lab's (NASDAQ:RKLB) second highly configurable, medium delta-V spacecraft platform, Pioneer, delivered Varda's hypersonic re-entry capsule back to Earth.