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Space Junk Crisis: Scientists Warn of Inevitable Disaster in Earth’s Orbit
The accumulation of space debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) has reached a dangerous tipping point, according to leading ...
Mysterious US spaceship executing unprecedented maneuvers above Earth: ‘National security missions in space’
The US Space Force have announced the X-37B spaceship will begin executing a series of “novel maneuvers” called aerobraking.
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The Growing Menace of Space Junk: How a Minefield of Orbiting Debris Threatens Our Future in Space
Low-orbit Earth could become inoperable for spacecraft and satellites if this complacency persists, with dire consequences.
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The moon, Mars and space junk: World space agency heads outline grand plans, but also concerns
Leaders of major space agencies stated grand plans for the near future at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, ...
This in-orbit servicing craft could help reduce space junk
STORY: Earth's orbit is crowded with satellites and cluttered with an estimated 7,700 tons of space junk. :: D-OrbitItalian ...
Space Force Makes Tricky Maneuver with Top-Secret Space Plane to Dispose of Debris
The unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has been in space since late December, and it has been used for classified ...
Secret space plane to perform never-before-seen ‘invisible’ manoeuvre above Earth as mystery shrouds jet’s TRUE purpose
A US Space Force test plane is set to make history as it prepares to perform unprecedented manoeuvres that will see it brush ...
We May Have Found Our First-Ever Exomoon, Opening A New Chapter in Space Exploration
By analyzing the movements of a mysterious cloud of sodium moving around the planet WASP-49 b, the team was able to construct ...
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Are We Facing Kessler Syndrome? The Growing Threat of Space Debris
Experts warn that if we do not address the issue of space debris, it may render critical communication systems inaccessible ...
ULA is examining debris recovered from Vulcan rocket’s shattered booster nozzle
Tory Bruno, ULA's CEO, said earlier this week that the Vulcan rocket's two BE-4 core stage engines, made by Blue Origin, ...
Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’
One of the US Space Force’s (sort of) secret space planes known as the X-37B is gearing up to shift its orbit in a big way.
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No simple answers for debris mitigation
MILAN – National and international debris mitigation standards and policies are evolving rapidly to keep pace with increasingly complex space operations. With several large constellations poised ...