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Do we really need so many satellites?
Space, despite its vastness, is becoming a bit cramped — at least in the low-orbit band where these…
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Can you name these new space trash constellations? 10 new signs highlight consequences of space garbage
Each of these ten "trash constellations" represent a different consequence of space pollution. "The…
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
Humans are launching more stuff in space than ever before and we don't have the right models to pre…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Stranded in space: Sunita Williams shares her experience LIVE from the International Space Station
Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore addressed Earth live from the ISS. They were launched …
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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Japan unveils world's first wooden satellite! Here’s all you need to know about ‘LignoSat’
Human ingenuity knows no limits. From launching rovers to explore distant planets to capturing blac…
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Space Force is sending one of its 'Guardians' into space for the first time in its history
The US Space Force is sending its first Guardian to space. It will be the third launch for Col. Nic…
Katie Balevic
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The time in 1978 when a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed into Canada and scattered radioactive debris everywhere
Almost 50 years ago, a nuclear-powered satellite crashed, leading to an extensive cleanup effort. I…
Chris Panella
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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US says Russia 'recklessly' destroyed a satellite with a missile, creating debris that could threaten the International Space Station
The test created 1,500 larger, trackable pieces of debris and hundreds of thousands of smaller piec…
Ryan Pickrell
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Space debris from a Russian missile test could disrupt Elon Musk's Starlink project to beam the internet from orbit
As the debris from the anti-satellite test spreads around the world, it could knock some of the sat…
Marianne Guenot
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A Chinese satellite seems to have collided with a piece of a Russian rocket in March - the first big space crash in a decade
A Chinese satellite mysteriously broke apart earlier this year. A Harvard astronomer realized that …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is starting a mysterious space company called Privateer, possibly to clean up debris
Steve Wozniak didn't say what Privateer would do, but a press release suggested it was focused on "…
Kate Duffy
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A Russian rocket broke up in space above the Indian Ocean — leaving dangerous debris in its wake
Russia’s rocket break down is another reminder of how humanity’s space-junk nightmare could come tr…
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NASA faces orbital debris threat, greatest challenge of our era
NASA takes the threat of orbital debris seriously as these objects can endanger spacecraft, jeopard…
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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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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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Elon Musk's Tesla and its 'Starman' driver just flew past Mars for the first time, 2 years after SpaceX launched the car into the void
From Musk's old Roadster — a "hood ornament" on a Falcon Heavy rocket stage — Mars would look about…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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…