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Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit

April 28, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Action is needed soon to remove the largest pieces of space debris from orbit before the amount of junk destroys massive amounts of critical space infrastructure, according to a panel at the Sixth European Conference on Space Debris. “Whatever we are [...]

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How Micrometeoroid Impacts Pose a Danger for Today’s Spacewalk

April 19, 2013

Video streaming by Ustream Our very own International Space Station is in the cosmic crosshairs. As cosmonauts are to begin Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) this morning to perform routine maintenance, an article reminding us of the hazards of such activity came to us via NASA’s Orbital Debris Quarterly Newsletter. Remove this ad

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Space Debris Threat May Require Avoidance Maneuver for Space Station

September 26, 2012

UPDATE (9/27/2012, 13:00 UTC) NASA now says that with additional tracking, they have determined the two pieces of space debris do not pose a threat to the ISS, and a debris avoidance maneuver scheduled for Thursday morning was cancelled by the flight control team at Mission Control. The ATV undocking time on Friday is still [...]

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Spherical Object Drops from the Sky in Namibia

December 22, 2011

Officials from Namibia have been examining a hollow ball that fell from the sky back in November 2011. So far, they haven’t had much luck identifying it, so have called in NASA and ESA, hoping the space agencies can provide some answers. The spherical object has a circumference of 1.1 meters (43 inches) and was [...]

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Look Out Below! Huge Satellite Coming in for Uncontrolled Re-Entry

September 9, 2011

There’s a defunct 6.5-ton satellite heading our way. Trouble is, NASA’s not sure exactly where and when it might come down. And they’re not sure how much of it might survive its fiery fall through Earth’s atmosphere, either. “Numerically, it comes out to a chance of 1-in-3,200 that one person anywhere in the world might [...]

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