Space Debris

1 of 2 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket first stage returns to Landing Zone 2 after launching the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft for NASA at 6:11 p.m. EDT on a cargo resupply mission from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday. Photo by…

Editor’s Note: NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting the safe arrival of the company’s Cygnus XL at approximately 7:18 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 18, to the International Space Station.  Arrival coverage begins at 5:45 a.m. on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and more. Read more on the International Space Station blog. Editor’s Note: There…

As an IT security administrator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mechele Elliott protects the information systems that support astronaut health and mission readiness. The encouragement of a family friend set her on this path, leading to a rewarding and somewhat unexpected career in human spaceflight. “While I was…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has organized a six-day workshop to prepare its staff for life after retirement, equipping them with practical skills and strategies for a smooth transition into post-service life. The training, held in Port Harcourt, was facilitated by Instinct Resource Services Limited (IRSL). In his address,…

Guangzhou has welcomed a new cultural landmark: the Architecture Model Museum, the first institution in the Greater Bay Area dedicated to architectural models and spatial culture.  Earth: Sunlight Seaside Forest Park/Image via Architecture Model Museum Located on the third floor of the Design Hall in Guangzhou Design City, the museum…

Life on Mars? - With Dr. Michael Tice - YouTube Watch On On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Michael Tice to talk about a possible detection of ancient life on Mars. Tice is a research scientist, a planetary…

Data from two NASA satellites show the scar on the Albertan landscape after a storm passed through the region on Aug. 20, 2025. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.) Canada's "hailstorm alley" just produced a storm with a…

Skip to content If the storage space on the C drive is running low, every free gigabyte counts. Windows often occupies more than 25 GB of space for things such as updates, restore points, and cache files. Plus, pre-installed bloatware further increases memory utilization. Freeing up memory can quickly become…

Susanne Hake, general manager of U.S. government at Maxar Intelligence, speaks Sept. 11, 2025, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Aerospace Summit. Credit: U.S. Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON — A Maxar Intelligence executive warned that the U.S. government risks undermining battlefield operations by cutting funding for commercial satellite imagery,…

A short tank test article undergoing a hot fire test at Wenchang spaceport, Hainan, Sept. 12, 2025. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China conducted a rocket stage hot fire test Friday in the latest step in the country’s plans to land astronauts on the moon. A shortened Long March 10 rocket…