Low-Earth Warning Some of the world's leading space experts are warning that the current orbital junk crisis surrounding our ...

SpaceX's Starlink satellites now make up 40% of reentering satellite debris. But is Elon Musk's space company the worst ...

Orbital maneuvering, also known as deep-space maneuvering, enables propulsion systems to alter the spacecraft's orbit. While ...

Orbital space is an economically and socially valuable resource that provides an array of orbital satellite services for consumers, businesses, scientists, and governments. Earth orbit satellites ...

Space debris, also known as orbital debris, includes all human-made objects that ... In fact, there has already been some minor damage to the Space Station from the impact of millimetre-sized pieces.

Wearing a visor can protect against eye/orbital damage caused by foreign body penetration ... Secondary fragmentations and flying debris from highly explosive improvised explosive devices (IEDs ...

Russia was first to get something into orbital space with its 1957 Sputnik satellite. All Sputnik did was send a signal to earth that it was there. That only lasted as long as the onboard battery had ...

SpaceX accomplished a groundbreaking engineering feat Sunday, when it launched the fifth test flight of its gigantic Starship ...

Even small pieces can cause severe damage. “Any of these objects can ... describes a cascading effect of orbital debris that could impede space activities. The intent was to draw attention ...

The author of a new book on the DART mission takes us behind the scenes of the day NASA smacked an asteroid.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) wants to hear from anyone with novel ideas for how to track all the pieces of debris now moving ... are capable of doing immense damage to, or even destroying, an ...

"We were able to reduce the weight by as much as 40% and still have it pass the tests for orbital debris needs." A next-generation space debris protection material is readying for a test trip to ...