At 17:58 UTC, the Draco thrusters ignited again to execute the deorbit burn. This maneuver slowed the spacecraft by approximately 111 meters per second, lowering the spacecraft’s orbital perigee ...

"If we'd have had a crew on board the spacecraft, we would have followed the same back away sequence from the space station, ...

Undocking occurred at 02:31 EST (0731 UTC) with five hours of free-flight ahead of Crew Dragon’s deorbit burn at 07:53 EST (1253 UTC) and splashdown at 08:45 EST (1345 UTC). With Dragon safely ...

SpaceX had a very successful test launch of their new Falcon Heavy rocket. This one has three boosters: two Falcon 9 rockets strapped to a center booster that’s entirely ...

notably experienced an issue with the rocket's upper stage that prevented it from performing a final deorbit burn. — Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on long-awaited debut mission ...

The spacecraft will fire its engines for a deorbit burn at 2:03 p.m. Moscow time (11:03 a.m. GMT). A few hours after the undocking, the space freighter will burn in the atmosphere almost ...

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 ...

SpaceX said the booster "experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. As a result, the second stage safely landed in the ocean, but outside of the targeted area." "We will resume launching after we ...

notably experienced an issue with the rocket's upper stage that prevented it from performing a final deorbit burn. Tolker-Nielsen said Arianespace, which operates the launcher, plans to conduct ...

The first flight of the Ariane 6, which succeeds the venerable, now-retired Ariane 5, notably experienced an issue with the rocket's upper stage that prevented it from performing a final deorbit burn.