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Spacecraft captures first portrait of space junk with close-ups to come
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor the first time, a spacecraft is capturing photos of pieces of space junk in the void of space as...
This is an Actual Picture of Space Debris
Universe Today· 6 hours agoSpace debris is a growing problem, so companies are working on ways to mitigate it. A new satellite called ADRAS-J was built and launched to demonstrate how a spacecraft could rendezvous with ...
Space junk smashed into a Florida man’s home and caused over $15K in damages — who should pay for...
Moneywise via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoSpace junk is the new frontier in insurance claims. In March, a mysterious object crashed through...
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoUp-close photo of a rocket upper stage in the blackness of space. Space junk just got an epic...
Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 3 days 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 ...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe old rocket segment comes into view about 600km above the Earth [ASTROSCALE] A satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15...
An orbiter captured images of 'spiders' on Mars in Inca City. But what is it, really?
USA Today· 6 days agoOne look at recent images released by the European Space Agency may cause you to wonder if spiders...
A satellite that was lost in space for 25 years has finally been found
Quartz· 12 hours agoAn experimental satellite that launched in 1974 disappeared from ground-based sensors in the 1990s, only to be found again this week. The Infra-Red Calibration Balloon (S73-7) satellite was ...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 5 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...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 5 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 ...