The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) – NASA’s eye-in-the-sky in orbit around the Moon – has found the crash site of…
A new study paints a dire picture about Earth's orbital debris environment and highlights the need for mitigation strategies
Observers have been tracking a chunk of space junk, waiting for it to strike the Moon. It should've hit the…
Last month, astronomers reported that a discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, launched 7 years ago, was on…
A team at Purdue University developed a drag sail to attach to satellites to help them de-orbit to combat space…
As of 2020, there were over 19,000 pieces of individually tracked space junk in orbit above the Earth. Of those,…
Two companies, OneWeb and SpaceX, are racing to put fleets of thousands of communication satellites into orbit. In March they…
Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) are finding new uses for the laser-based technology that sharpens telescope imagery –…
If the Roman Empire had been able to launch a satellite in a relatively high Low Earth Orbit – say…
NASA contractor Howe Industries just presented their design for a "steampunk" engine that could allow satellites to maneuver, without the…