Space Debris

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX called on the Federal Aviation Administration to correct a report to Congress warning that, by 2035, falling debris from U.S.-licensed constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) could injure or kill someone every two years if they deploy as planned. In an Oct. 9 letter to the…

Apollo 16 booster impact. Credit: NASA It's getting crowded up there. An increase in military, commercial and scientific launches, coupled with a lower cost for rideshare cubesat launches, means lots more space junk to deal with in coming years. And we're not just talking about low Earth orbit; the moon…

News Spaceflight An illustration of space debris in Earth orbit. (Image credit: Getty Images) There's no doubt about it. Earth orbit is a messy place.  But is there a business in removing space junk from Earth orbit? Around the world, private companies and national space agencies alike are coming up…

Render of a TransAstra capture bag catching a spent rocket part. TransAstra Space junk in low-Earth orbit poses a serious and ongoing threat to the thousands of functioning satellites currently orbiting our planet, as well as to the crews aboard the International Space Station and China’s recently deployed orbital outpost.…

An illustration of the ClearSpace-1 mission, which is set to launch in 2026.Illustration: ESA In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the subject of a space debris cleanup mission was itself hit by a piece of space junk. First Full-Color Images From…

A piece of space junk being monitored by the European Space Agency as part of a mission to remove space junk has been hit by another piece of space junk. The collision highlights the mounting threat of space debris, and the need to deal with it sooner rather than later.…

News Spaceflight An artist's impression of ClearSpace-1 capturing a rocket piece in space. (Image credit: ClearSpace SA) The target for a space debris cleanup mission is apparently in pieces. A leftover rocket adapter, expected to be removed from low Earth orbit in 2026, has new pieces of space debris floating…

Russia and India have kick-started a space race to the Moon’s South Pole in search of water and other precious resources. The Luna-25 mission, Russia’s first to the Moon since the Soviet Union's Luna-24 in 1976, is due to land at the same time next week as India’s Chandrayaan-3, which launched last month. Both…

Sierra Vista, AZ, August 09, 2023 --(PR.com)-- The world is grappling with the undeniable crisis of climate change, but author Mark Rider's new book, "Amazon & SpaceX are Accelerating Climate Change," challenges conventional understanding by shedding light on an overlooked and surprising source of this pressing issue. In his thought-provoking book,…

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