Space Debris

The Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER) technology demonstration is slated to take place on NASA’s Restore-L spacecraft. The payload will assemble a functional communications antenna and manufacture a spacecraft beam. Maxar TechnologiesNASA announced it will contract Colorado company Maxar Technologies to develop a system for robotically assembling spacecraft parts in…

This zoomed-in look at the reentry of the space debris comes from AMS/AllSky6 camera operator Bob Lunsford. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Some lucky people in California caught sight of an epic fireball streaking across the sky Wednesday night. It lingered, and then broke up into multiple bright pieces.This wasn't…

Home News Spaceflight Satellite operators, and everyone else who wants a safe and sustainable space environment, dodged a bullet Wednesday evening (Jan. 29). Two defunct satellites — the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment (GGSE-4) — cruised safely past each other high in the skies above Pittsburgh.The…

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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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…