Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert

dead NASA spacecraft crashed to Earth Wednesday night (April 19) over northern Africa, according to the U.S. military. NASA's RHESSI satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere at 8:21 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (0021 GMT on April 20), according to the space agency. "The Department of Defense confirmed that the 660-pound spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere over the Sahara Desert region, at approximately 26 degrees longitude and 21.3 degrees latitude," NASA officials wrote in an update today (opens in new tab) (April 20). More

(Source: Space.com - Apr 21)