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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 ...
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...
Daily Brief: Google isn’t done with layoffs
Quartz· 2 hours agoSome of the California-based jobs will relocate to its offices in India and Mexico. Meanwhile, Google wants immigration policies to change so it can...
Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAn experimental satellite that launched in 1974 disappeared from ground-based sensors in the 1990s,...
Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 days agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
Insurers make record-breaking loss as space gets cramped
The Register· 19 hours agoThe space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together. Space insurers paid out a record $995 million in claims ...
A Chinese space station got hit by debris and astronauts scrambled to make emergency repairs
Quartz· 6 days agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
China Repairs Space Station Damaged by Debris Strike
Futurism via Yahoo News· 7 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...
After not becoming the first Black astronaut in space, Edward J. Dwight Jr. is headed there at 90
AOL· 5 days agoAmerican Edward J. Dwight Jr., the first Black astronaut candidate, will realize his dreams of space...
Japan’s Space Clean-Up Mission Leads to 15-Year-Old Rocket Debris
iTech Post· 3 days agoThe mentioned space junk was first launched in 2009, which makes it a decade and a half years old....