The request was for a "space tug" vehicle that could help deorbit the U.S. sections of the International Space Station (ISS) safely. On Wednesday (June 26), the agency issued a statement ...

ESA spotted the ERS-2 satellite over Italy. Likely to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. HEO Robotics also captured imagery of the ...

Description: STARDUST aims to design, build, and test a passive deorbit device using a drag sail that will unsure a safe and timely re-entry of a CubeSat into Earth’s atmosphere. The aim of the device ...

A backup plan to deorbit the space station would use two Russian Progress spacecraft and the Russian segment of the station. The Progress 89 cargo craft is pictured leaving the station on Feb. 25.

Engines of Russia’s Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, as well as US astronaut Kathleen Rubins on board, were switched on to perform a deorbit burn ...

In one case, the leak’s source was found using floating tea leaves. Currently, NASA intends to deorbit the ISS safely by 2030. The agency has chosen SpaceX to build the US Deorbit Vehicle for ...

Another safety issue addressed during the meeting is the lack of a deorbit plan for the ISS in case of an emergency. NASA is in the process of solidifying a plan to ditch the nearly one-million ...