Since the 1960s, NASA and other space agencies have been sending more and more stuff into orbit. Between the spent stages of rockets, spent boosters, and satellites that have since become inactive, there's been no shortage ...
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2017
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Uncontrollable flying objects in orbit are a massive risk for modern space travel, and, due to our dependence on satellites today, it is also a risk to global economy. A research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2017
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Hundreds of millions of pieces of space junk orbit the Earth daily, from chips of old rocket paint, to shards of solar panels, and entire dead satellites. This cloud of high-tech detritus whirls around the planet at about ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 20, 2017
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Meteosat-7, EUMETSAT's oldest operational meteorological satellite, tomorrow begins its final journey to the great graveyard orbit in the sky.
Space Exploration
Apr 3, 2017
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Orbital debris, otherwise known as "space junk", is a major concern. This massive cloud that orbits the Earth is the result of the many satellites, platforms and spent launchers that have been sent into space over the years. ...
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2017
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China's first space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to fall to Earth sometime in late 2017. We've known for several months that the orbital demise of the 8-metric ton space station was only a matter of time. But Chinese ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2016
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A new European project has an ambitious goal of cleaning up space for future generations. The Technology for Self-Removal of Spacecraft (TeSeR) program, introduced in May 2016, will develop a prototype for a module that will ...
Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2016
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Space station astronauts opened the world's first inflatable space habitat Monday and floated inside.
Space Exploration
Jun 6, 2016
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The European-built Cupola was added to the International Space Station in 2010 and continues to provide the best room with a view anywhere.
Space Exploration
May 12, 2016
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According to the European Space Agency, something is going to fall to Earth on Friday, 13 November. A mysterious piece of space debris named WT1190F is predicted to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at around 06:20 GMT in the ...
Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2015
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