Space Debris

The fourth and final silhouette from Nike’s Space Hippie Line is the Nike Space Hippie 04 and it will be making its retail debut next week in the Summit White/Hyper Crimson colorway. Space Hippie is a story of trash transformed. From the upper to the outsole, Space Hippie 01 is…

The third silhouette from Nike’s all-new Space Hippie Line is the Nike Space Hippie 03 as up above we bring you official images of the Vast Grey Hyper Crimson colorway. Space Hippie is a story of trash transformed. From the upper to the outsole, Space Hippie 01 is made of…

Up next from Nike’s Space Hippie Line is the Nike Space Hippie 02 as the shoe is showcased above in official images in the Vast Grey/Hyper Crimson colorway. Space Hippie is a story of trash transformed. From the upper to the outsole, Space Hippie 01 is made of at least…

NASA is reporting that at least five asteroids are headed towards Earth this week, adding yet another ominous threat people should watch out for. According to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), four of the near-Earth objects are due to fly past the planet on Tuesday, June 2. Kicking things…

by Adriano B.Space Hippie, Nike’s exploratory footwear collection constructed with “space junk” — transformed factory and post-consumer waste — marries sustainable practices and radical design. Each of the four Space Hippie silhouettes provides a unique aesthetic and fit — including traditional laces and laceless designs. The manufacturing, which employs about…

SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, launched with a Falcon 9 rocket, lifts off with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside a Crew Dragon spaceship.SpaceXSpaceX has successfully launched into orbit its first human passengers: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.The astronauts lifted off at 3:22 p.m. ET on Saturday while…

There is a great deal of space junk. About 20,000 objects like satellites and space debris are in orbit around the Earth. What do do? Matthew Burgess has an idea: orbital use fees. Here’s more from Phys.Org:Orbital use fees would also increase the long-run value of the space industry, said…

Countries should levy an "orbit congestion charge" on satellite operators to tackle the growing concentration of space junk cluttering the skies, researchers said on Monday, but with some doubting the practicalities of such a fee.From dead satellites to bits of rockets, the amount of debris orbiting the planet is already…

There are an estimated 900,000 pieces of space debris larger than 1 cm orbiting the Earth, with only a small proportion of them tracked. The UK Space Agency is providing up to £1 million for organisations to come up with smart solutions to this problem by using cost effective ways…

The buildup of space debris is a serious problem that won’t be going away anytime soon, with thousands of pieces of junk currently in orbit around the Earth. A team of researchers has put forward a novel way to keep things in check, making a case for charging satellite operators…