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Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 4 hours agoAsia In Brief Japan's effort to start a business disposing of space junk is off to a promising start, after the ADRAS-J satellite spotted its first target and sent back images. Launched in February ...
Space debris: Could it land on your doorstep?
CCM· 3 days agoWith the increasing accumulation of space detritus, albeit a remote possibility, comes the heightened risk of these objects making an uninvited return to...
China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report
SPACE.com· 4 days agoChina will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after a partial loss of power on its...
Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 2 days ago"Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission." The mission is part of ...
CLEAR Mission for space debris removal reaches key milestone
Electronics Weekly· 6 days agoClearSpace's CLEAR Mission - for space debris removal - has reached a key development milestone,...
A hunk of space junk crashed through his roof in Florida. Who should pay to fix it?
KPBS San Diego· 6 days agoAlejandro Otero was out of town on vacation last month when his son called from their house in...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSpaced Out A Japanese spacecraft claims it has recently rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports, in...
NASA says it expected space station garbage to burn up. The debris smashed into a Florida home...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“He was two rooms over and heard it all.” The impact event defied NASA’s expectations about what can...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe object is a discarded rocket segment that's about 11m by 4m (36ft by 15ft), with a mass of three tonnes. It's the first time anyone has managed to...
