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Japan’s Space Clean-Up Mission Leads to 15-Year-Old Rocket Debris
iTech Post· 7 hours agoWell, a lot of them don't stray very far and remain in Earth's orbit, effectively cluttering up...
Space debris: Could it land on your doorstep?
CCM· 3 days agoThe solitary case on record of an individual being struck by falling space debris belongs to Lottie Williams, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2023...
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...
India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSimilar deorbiting techniques will be used to make future missions "debris-free" by the end...
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"Behold, the world's first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 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...
Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 11 hours agoLaunched in February 2024, ADRAS-J was sent to find an old HII-A rocket body that was used to launch the GOSAT Earth observation satellite and then left in orbit. JAXA's report ...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via AOL· 3 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...
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
Gizmodo· 7 days agoFurther analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came...
China's space station was hit by space junk | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 4 days agoCrew members aboard China’s space station have successfully completed repairs after a debris strike...
