As the New York Times reported at the time, the Kenya Space Agency identified the "red-hot" object as a piece of space junk that survived reentry, indicating that it was still trying to identify the ...
On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle program. “I have decided today that the United States should proceed at ...
Space junk is a growing problem, and while this may be an isolated case, the threat is real. Some pieces of space junk are as large as cars or even buses, and if they were to fall, they could pose ...
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), more than 170 million pieces of space junk are currently orbiting Earth. But what is that debris exactly, and how did it get there? Is the ...
As companies accelerate satellite launches and other orbital operations, the issue of excessive space debris is becoming an inevitable consequence. After all, what goes up must eventually come down.
The officials assured the public that there is no risk to their safety. Space junk refers to non-functional, human-made objects in space, including defunct satellites, used rocket stages ...
The KSA said it has taken custody of the object that landed in the remote village of Mukuku, in the southern county of Makueni, describing it as apparent space junk measuring 2.5 meters (about 8 ...
“Space junk is a growing problem, and while this may be an isolated case, the threat is real,” the KSA posted on X. “Some pieces of space junk are as large as cars or even buses, and if they ...
“Space junk is a growing problem, and while this may be an isolated case, the threat is real,” the KSA posted on X. “Some pieces of space junk are as large as cars or even buses, and if they ...
Paul Bate, the boss of the UK Space Agency, also warned that the speed in which space junk is growing is faster than the rate of plastic in the oceans. "The good news is the vast majority of ...
"We're not gonna get lucky like that every time." Space debris is an umbrella term for any bit of junk, disused equipment and otherwise, that is currently stuck in Earth's orbit. And it has ...