Updated 2:40 pm ET, Saturday, September 24
The 20-year-long voyage of NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) has finally come to an end with a great big splash. The 6-ton satellite re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere early Saturday morning and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=106702