Daily Archives: September 23, 2011

Decaying UARS satellite could hit U.S. (but probably won’t)

[NOTE: For the latest, follow @UARS_Reentry on Twitter.] NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, better known as “UARS,” will soon crash back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry. NASA previously thought this would happen this afternoon, which meant North America was seemingly out of the woods. But according to an update this morning, the satellite’s descent has slowed, and re-entry is… Read more »