Space Debris

Home News Spaceflight The odds of a space-junk crash this evening (Jan. 29) aren't as slim as we had thought, it turns out.Two dead satellites — the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment (GGSE-4) — will zoom past each other today in the skies above Pittsburgh, analyses…

Tuesday, January 28th 2020, 9:00 pm - Look up Wednesday night! There may be a mid-space crash between two defunct satellites over Pennsylvania. There are thousands of pieces of space junk and debris orbiting around our planet, and just before 7 p.m. Eastern …

While it’s common to think of the universe as dark, mysterious and infinite, it’s less often that we consider all the human-made space junk floating around nearby. The cosmos is a graveyard of spacecraft—each with its own story. These defunct vessels “glide silently in Earth’s vicinity” with “their mission to chronicle…

Home News Tech Artist's illustration of Tethers Unlimited's "Terminator Tape" de-orbit module, which interacts with the space environment to rapidly drag a satellite out of orbit. (Image: © Tethers Unlimited) One technique that could help alleviate the space-junk scourge just passed a key off-Earth test.In June 2019, SpaceX's huge Falcon…

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Not much news, but there are many games out this week. We won't play any of them though. Alice is on about Space Station 13, Kelley re-upped World of Warcraft, Anna Marie is playing Dragon Quest III, and Chris is still playing Final Fantasy IV. The post RPGCast – Episode…

Geneva, Somalia Today marks a new milestone in global efforts toward de-escalating conflicts and promoting peace and stability in cyberspace with the announcement of the CyberPeace Institute, an independent NGO created to address the growing impact of major cyberattacks. To deliver on its mission, the CyberPeace Institute will focus on…

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