The Portuguese National Space Authority (ANACOM) has issued the first license in Europe for the performance of a controlled ...

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

While the United States has long been a leader in space exploration and commercial launches, Europe is now making significant strides of its own. Recently, a major milestone was achieved when Atmos ...

A launch vehicle’s ascent battles gravity to gain orbital velocity, while re-entry is a controlled struggle against the atmosphere to systematically shed that immense kinetic energy through ...

Inversion Space has become the third company to receive a spacecraft reentry license from the Federal Aviation Administration, paving the way for the startup to launch and return its tech pathfinder ...

Scientists detected a lithium spike nearly 60 miles above Earth and traced it to a Falcon 9 rocket re-entry, raising concerns.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The reentry capsule carried a payload from the U.S. Navy and is the company's first reentry of 2026. EL SEGUNDO, Calif ...

Inversion Space’s demonstration reentry capsule before its launch on the SpaceX Transporter-12 rideshare. Credit: Inversion Space MILAN — Inversion, a startup developing systems to return cargo from ...