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China's space station was hit by space junk | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 4 days agoThe space junk struck power cables linked to the core module’s solar wings and was repaired by...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 2 days agoA spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in...
When Space Junk Hits a Home, Who Pays for Repairs?
newser· 4 days agoNASA says there will be an investigation "to determine the cause of the debris survival and to update modeling and analysis, as needed." With space junk...
A NASA satellite almost got hit by Russian space junk
Quartz· 6 days agoIn late February, NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 nearly avoided...
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThat was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in...
NASA has a plan to clean up space junk—but is going green enough?
National Geographic· 6 days agoSpace Force, the rocket part they’re targeting appears to have itself been hit by smaller debris...
A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man's roof. Who should pay to fix it?
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 6 days agoAlejandro Otero was out of town on vacation last month when his son called from their house in...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 2 days agoA spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in tackling humanity's mounting space junk woes. The delicate ...
A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man’s roof. Who should pay to fix it?
Oregon Public Broadcasting· 6 days agoAlejandro Otero was out of town on vacation last month when his son called from their house in...
Low-Earth Orbit Faces a Spiraling Debris Threat
Scientific American· 7 days agoOld rockets, decaying spacecraft and human operations in space leave behind orbital debris that increasingly threatens collisions, menacing a growing...