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A dead Soviet satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket body just avoided colliding in space and exploding into dangerous debris
In a collision, the satellites would have exploded into a cloud of dangerous, high-speed debris — a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Chinese rocket’s ‘massive’ splashdown in the Atlantic is biggest since 1991, says Harvard astrophysicist
China is no stranger to rockets falling out of the sky. In fact, its villages are used to raining r…
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NASA administrator says China is failing to meet 'responsible standards' for space debris, after parts of an uncontrolled rocket landed in the Indian Ocean
NASA's chief has spoken out after pieces of the Long March 5B rocket launched by China fell back do…
Kevin Shalvey
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Mystery wreckage in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines is probably fallen Chinese rocket parts, space-debris experts say
China's rocket booster fell to Earth uncontrolled, and new photos convinced space-debris experts th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites
A Chinese company plans to launch the first in a network of 300 very-low-earth-orbit satellites in …
Polly Thompson
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A magnetic spacecraft that can attract dead satellites has entered orbit - a test in a new effort to clean up space junk
Millions of bits of junk rocket around Earth faster than bullets, threatening to collide with satel…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Russian missile strike put 1,500 pieces of large space junk in orbit. Even debris as big as a baseball could kill astronauts.
The debris from a Russian missile test "risks astronauts' lives" and "the interests of all nations,…
Marianne Guenot
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Two satellites might be headed for a collision — and there's no way to stop them
The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilisation Experiment (GG…
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About 1 in 40 of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed. That's not too bad, but across a 42,000-spacecraft constellation it could spark a crisis.
At this rate, SpaceX may leave more than 1,000 dead satellites in orbit, where they can crash into …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The US is tracking an uncontrolled Chinese rocket traveling at 18,000 mph that is expected to crash down around May 8
The debris could land anywhere: Its location will be known only within "hours" of its reentry, the …
Marianne Guenot
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India's new space warning system will also keep an eye out for hostile missiles
The Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis (NETRA) will safeguard India’s 50 functiona…
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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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Photos suggest SpaceX, NASA, and China space junk struck land. There's a 10% chance a person will be hit this decade.
Spacecraft and debris fall out of orbit and back to Earth every day. Much of it burns up in the atm…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
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The US will battle its rivals in outer space if it has to, senior military official says
China, India, and Russia are all developing anti-satellite weapons — and the US "is ready to fight …
George Glover
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China to send three astronauts for a three-month stay in its new space station
The country launched cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 on Saturday, carrying supplies, equipment and …
PTI
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NASA slams India's anti-satellite test, may pull support from mission Gaganyaan
According to NASA, the risk of collision of the debris with the International Space Station (ISS…
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China and Russia haven't signed on to NASA's new plan to unify how humanity explores space
To join NASA on the moon and Mars, countries must agree to some rules: be peaceful, mine space reso…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Debris from a giant Chinese rocket booster is set to plummet uncontrollably to Earth, raining parts across unknown locations this weekend
Experts say a 25-ton piece from a Chinese rocket booster will crash down to Earth this weekend. No …
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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Mistakes by the US's top spies allowed China to turn a deadly mid-air collision into an intelligence coup
In April 2001, a US spy plane and a Chinese jet collided over the South China Sea. Author James Bam…