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NASA Probe Crashing Back To Earth

March 10, 2026

Launched in 2012, Van Allen Probe A, and its twin Van Allen Probe B, studied the belts that protect from cosmic radiation, solar storms and solar wind. U.S. Space Force has predicted the 1,323-pound spacecraft will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at 7:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, but there’s a chance it could fall 24 hours before or after that time. Most of it is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, but components could survive and crash into the Earth. The chance of it harming anyone on Earth is 1 in 4,200, NASA says. Van Allen Probe B is not expected to re-enter before 2030.