Space Debris

A much-debated piece of space junk, suspected to be part of a Chinese rocket that helped launch a 2014 lunar mission, hit the far side of the moon, scientists say. The bus-sized third stage of a Long March 3C rocket was expected to crash into the moon at about 7:25 a.m.…

Home News Spaceflight (Image credit: Starry Night Software) A rogue rocket stage ended its seven-year space odyssey today (March 4), finally slamming into the moon.  The event took place at 7:25 a.m. EST (1225 GMT) on the lunar far side, experts say, meaning it was out of view of ground-based…

In an unprecedented display of cosmic littering, a wayward rocket body will crash into the far side of the moon on Friday marking the first time that a piece of space junk has accidentally struck the lunar surface. The spent rocket booster, believed to be part of the Chinese Chang’e…

Home News Spaceflight (Image credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio by Ernie Wright) A rocket stage will slam into the moon on Friday (March 4), amid a dispute about which country launched it and discussions on the complexity of tracing human-made objects in deep space. What's known for sure is that…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday,…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers. The leftover rocket will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday,…

Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. This article was contributed by Jason Derenick, CTO of Exyn Technologies No matter the technologies gained, one thing is certain; humans leave a legacy wherever they go. It’s no more evident than in the last frontier…

An old rocket will slam into the far side of the moon on 4 March and no one is accepting ownership of the space junk – similar objects could pose a safety risk for future crewed lunar missions Space 23 February 2022 By Jonathan O’Callaghan A representation of space junk…

Illustration for SupChina by Derek Zheng China has denied NASA’s recent report that a rocket booster forecasted to crash into the moon on March 4 was debris from China’s Chang’e 5-T1 mission launched in 2014. The NASA report had itself contradicted initial assumptions that the booster came from a used…

1/5 China launches the Chang'e-5 T1 in October 2014 on a Long March rocket. Photo by CNSA ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A mixup among leading astronomers about a rocket that will crash into the moon on March 4 has led to calls for better debris tracking of Deep…