Space Junk
A Satellite Deployed a Drag Sail and Removed Itself from Orbit Five Years Early
In an age of increasing "stuff" orbiting Earth one big concern is what happens if one satellite hits another. The…
If There Were a War in Space, Debris Would Destroy all Remaining Satellites in About 40 Years
On one particular day in 2021, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS must have felt a pin-prick of fear and…
Researchers are Working on a Tractor Beam System for Space
Human technology is crossing another threshold. Tractor beams have been common in science fiction for decades. Now a team of…
A Russian Satellite Has Broken Into Pieces, Littering Debris in Space
A Russian KOSMOS 2499 satellite broke up last month -- for a second time -- according to the Space Force's…
Drag Sail Success! This Satellite Won't Turn Into Space Junk
The European Space Agency successfully tested a solar-sail-type device to speed up the deorbit time for a used cubesat carrier…
There’s a Cloud of Space Debris Around Earth. Here’s how we Could get a Better Picture of it
As we've reported here more than a few times - space debris is becoming more and more of a real…
China’s Long March Rocket Booster Makes Uncontrolled Reentry Back to Earth
A Chinese Long March 5B rocket first stage made an uncontrolled, fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere over Southeast Asia today…
Falling Space Junk has a 10% Chance of Killing Someone in the Next Decade
The statistics of how people die offer a gruesome but informative way to understand both how humans perceive threats and…
A Satellite had to Dodge Space Junk as it was Raising its Orbit to Avoid Solar Activity
The phrase "when it rains, it pours" is commonly used in the US to denote that bad things usually happen…
Engineers Build a gun That can Fire Projectiles at 10 km/s, Simulating High-Speed Space Debris Impacts
A team of Canadian engineers have built a gun that will help space agencies test materials that could provide shielding…