space debris
Can We Use Special Sails To Bring Old Satellites Back Down To Earth?
The growing problem of space debris in LEO (Low-Earth Orbit) is garnering more and more attention. With thousands of satellites…
Satellites Equipped With a Tether Would be Able to De-Orbit Themselves at the end of Their Life
A new technology that allows satellites to de-orbit themselves at the end of their lives could help mitigate the problem…
India Destroyed a Satellite With a Missile Last Week, and Pieces Were Thrown Into an Orbit That Risks the International Space Station
Last week, India shot down one of its own satellites with a missile. According to NASA, the resulting debris field…
British Satellite Tests its Space Junk Harpoon
The RemoveDebris spacecraft recently tested out its harpoon, one of the tools it will use to remove space debris from…
Micrometeorite Damage Under the Microscope
A new study by a team from MIT has shed light on the physical processes that take place when tiny…
A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
A Satellite With a Harpoon, Net and Drag Sail to Capture Space Junk is in Orbit and Will be Tested Soon
The RemoveDebris satellite, a spacecraft designed to remove junk from orbit, recently deployed from the ISS to begin demonstrating its…
Tiangong-1 Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean
According to a statement made by the US Air Force, the reentry of the Tiangong-1 was confirmed over the Pacific…
Spacecraft Shields Will Need to be Tough. Here’s an Aluminum Bullet Shattering a Shield at 7 km/s
A team of ESA researchers recently tested a new type of shielding by firing an aluminum bullet at it and…
In mid-March, the Chinese Tiangong-1 Space Station is Going to Come Crashing Back Down to Earth… Somewhere
According to the latest predictions, China's Tiangong-1 space station is going to come crashing to Earth in March - but…