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Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
SPACE.com· 5 hours agoSpace junk just got an epic close-up. The ADRAS-J satellite, operated by the Japanese company Astroscale, successfully maneuvered to within a few hundred ...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via Yahoo News· 14 hours 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...
Train cars catch fire while moving through Ontario
BBC News· 4 days agoLocal officials reported no injuries after five train cars were spotted ablaze heading towards a downtown area.
A Chinese space station got hit by debris and astronauts scrambled to make emergency repairs
Quartz· 9 hours agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. In late March, the Indian Space Research...
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
Gizmodo· 4 days agoIn late February, NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 nearly avoided...
Nasa space junk and Russian satellite’s near collision was much closer than thought
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEven a single fragment from a satellite, travelling at such high speeds, could cause significant...
Video shows space junk after object from ISS came crashing through Florida home
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNo one was more surprised by the sight of space junk in his home than Florida resident Alejandro Otero, who is currently dealing with damages made by a ...
A hunk of space junk crashed through his roof in Florida. Who should pay to fix it?
NPR· 3 days agoThe agency is working to figure out how part of it hit Otero's house, adding that it may need to...
When Space Junk Hits a Home, Who Pays for Repairs?
newser· 2 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...