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China Repairs Space Station Damaged by Debris Strike
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLast month, astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station conducted a lengthy spacewalk to repair a solar array damaged by debris. Now, state media...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 10 hours 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...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 12 hours ago"Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity...
Space debris: Could it land on your doorstep?
CCM· 2 days agoWith the increasing accumulation of space detritus, albeit a remote possibility, comes the heightened risk of these objects making an uninvited return to...
A Chinese space station got hit by debris and astronauts scrambled to make emergency repairs
Quartz· 1 day agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report
SPACE.com· 3 days agoChina will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after a partial loss of power on its...
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"Behold, the world's first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity...
CLEAR Mission for space debris removal reaches key milestone
Electronics Weekly· 5 days agoClearSpace's CLEAR Mission - for space debris removal - has reached a key development milestone,...
NASA says it expected space station garbage to burn up. The debris smashed into a Florida home...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 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· 2 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...