Space Debris

In her recent interview in Rolling Stone magazine, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg expresses her disappointment with ‘the olds’. She is referring to older generations and baby boomers who appear apathetic when it comes to acting on climate change. Is Greta right? Have we lost our fighting spirit? It was…

MICHELLE STARR 24 APRIL 2020 Researchers have finally found credible records of someone being killed by a falling meteorite.On 22 August 1888, according to multiple documents found in the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, a falling meteorite hit and killed one man…

by Gary Ng – Thu, April 23, 2020 Back in January, Elon Musk said only four more satellite launches would allow for SpaceX and its Starlink global high-speed Internet service to launch in Canada and the United States. On April 22, 2020, SpaceX successfully launched and deployed 60 more Starlink…

Astroscale U.S. Appoints Dave Fischer as VP, Business Development and Advanced Systems, and David Hebert as Director of Communications Press Release From: Astroscale Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Astroscale U.S. Inc., ("Astroscale U.S."), the U.S. unit of Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in developing a service to remove space…

Confinement loves company Trey Williams | April 20, 2020 @ 2:40 PM Last Updated: April 20, 2020 @ 3:12 PM 20th Century Fox Welcome to self isolation. As a lot of Americans find themselves stuck inside (for who knows how many days) attempting to slow the spread of the novel…

A video has emerged purporting to show a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites moving across the night sky above Europe.Twitter user Astrit Spanca posted the clip—reportedly captured from the southeastern European country of Kosovo on Sunday—in which the satellites can be seen as several tiny white dots lined up in…

After the successful completion of its "Checkpoint" rehearsal, NASA's first asteroid-sampling spacecraft is one step closer to touching down on asteroid Bennu. Yesterday, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed the first practice run of its sample collection sequence, reaching an approximate altitude of 246 feet (75 meters) over site Nightingale before executing…

Since March 2017, ESA's NELIOTA project has been regularly looking out for 'lunar flashes' on the Moon, to help us better understand the threat posed by small asteroid impacts. The project detects the flash of light produced when an asteroid collides energetically with the lunar surface, and recently recorded its…

Rocket Lab to Launch Dedicated Mission for Japanese Space Industry Start-up Synspective Press Release From: RocketLab Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Rocket Lab, a space technology company and global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has signed a deal with Japanese satellite company Synspective to launch a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite…

Safety & Security 14/04/2020 10273 views 111 likes Since March 2017, ESA’s NELIOTA project has been regularly looking out for ‘lunar flashes’ on the Moon, to help us better understand the threat posed by small asteroid impacts. The project detects the flash of light produced when an asteroid collides energetically with…