Space Debris

Jennifer M. Dooren May 02, 2025 The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. “This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon…

In a distant corner of our solar system called the Kuiper Belt, icy bodies lurk in the darkness, orbiting our sun at vast distances. These ancient minor planets are called trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), and they date back to the formation of the solar system . Researchers participating in the Discovering…

By  MARCIA DUNN Updated : , ,   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to know where the half-ton mass of metal might come down or how much…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, like the one pictured here, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Thursday night with a payload of Starlink satellites. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo May 1 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched 28 V2 Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space…

One of the main dilemmas people face as they get older is where to live. The common questions are: - Should we stay in our home as long as we can? - Since we don’t need as much space, should we “right size” to a smaller place? - Is it…

Round vs. Flat: Defying Misconceptions on the Earth's Shape By: Dr. Mohamed Farag Recently, a controversial question has gone viral across social media platforms: Is the Earth round or flat? Despite the overwhelming evidence and numerous devices proving the Earth is a sphere, including space missions and satellites, some groups…

News Investigators/ Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has announced N10, 000 May-Day celebration gift to the workers in the state. Mr Nwifuru made the disclosure at the occasion of the May-Day in Abakaliki on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2025 Workers’ Day is tagged: “Reclaiming…

Today is Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, a day dedicated to honoring the contributions of workers to the nation’s economy. This year’s theme, “Reclaiming the Civic Space in the Midst of Economic Hardship,” reflects the tough times workers are facing. Celebrations are taking place in all 36 states…

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Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Monday, April 28, 2025 Curiosity is back on the road! For sols 4525 and 4526, we have an isolated nominal plan in which the communication pass timing works out in such a way that the…