Scientists watch as two satellites burn

The last two spacecraft of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Cluster mission plunged into Earth’s atmosphere this week, closing out 26 years of research into the planet’s magnetic environment — and handing scientists a front-row seat to their destruction. ESA’s Samba spacecraft reentered the atmosphere on Aug. 31 at 5:39 p.m. EDT, disintegrating over a Continue reading "Scientists watch as two satellites burn" The post Scientists watch as two satellites burn appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .