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US, Russia and China with space debris in the thousands are complaining about 49 pieces from India's A-SAT test

Yet, India's debris is mere fraction of the debris left behind in space by other nations aro…

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The trash in outer space makes way for a new kind of map

The increasing amount of trash and debris left over from rocket launches and left over zombie s…

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Europe is setting an example on how to clean up outer space — using a harpoon

The program, led by University of Surrey’s Guglielmo Aglietti, on Friday shot a harpoon at a s…

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The Chinese rocket speeding back to Earth is so unpredictable it could land almost anywhere. One guess is around Turkmenistan late on May 8.

Estimates will "vary wildly" until the rocket is closer, says 18th Space Control Squadron, a branch…

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A piece of space debris punched a tiny hole in the International Space Station, damaging a robotic arm

Scientists monitor more than 23,000 pieces of space junk that could threaten satellites and the spa…

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India government ready to spend ₹33 crore to fend off space debris

The Centre has proposed Rs 33.3 crore for ISRO's 'Project Netra' for securing Indian satellites fro…

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President Murmu voices concern over increasing space debris

"Space debris can cause problems for space missions," she said during the event at Bharat Mandap…

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'Unknown' space debris almost flew within 1 mile of the International Space Station. As junk builds up in orbit, the danger of collisions is growing.

An astronaut and two cosmonauts had to hunker down in a Russian spaceship attached to the ISS while…

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India's test of its anti-satellite weapon may have weakened its fight against dangerous space debris

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, just announced the successful test of India’s anti-satellite…

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The world can expect at least 2 repeats of the uncontrolled Chinese rocket crash, according to Europe's space agency

Upcoming missions could have a similar rain of metal debris to the one this weekend, which came dow…

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ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris

"On Monday, for the first time, we performed a set of manoeuvres to avoid a high-risk collision wit…

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The Chinese rocket falling to Earth uncontrolled is one of 11 similar missions scheduled over the next 2 years

The rocket was launched as part of a China's project to build its own space station by 2023. Two mo…

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Russia pushes the International Space Station away from '90s US rocket debris — the 2nd space-junk scare this week

NASA and Roscosmos have to move the International Space Station away from debris that orbits Earth …

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