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Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoSuch work will help prove out technologies that future spacecraft can...advocates say. Rocket bodies...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via AOL· 21 hours agoThe European Space Agency has counted 2,220 rocket bodies still in orbit...Future missions will use robotic arms to reach out and grabspace junk ...
India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSpent rocket stages and dead or malfunctioning satellites abandoned in their orbits around Earth...
China's space station was hit by space junk | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 2 days agospace station have successfully completed repairs after a debris strike caused a partial power...
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
Gizmodo· 5 days agoIn late February, NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 nearly avoided...
NASA satellite's 'shocking' space junk near-miss was even closer than thought
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Feb. 28 encounter between NASA's TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer...
Low-Earth Orbit Faces a Spiraling Debris Threat
Scientific American· 5 days agoOld rockets, decaying spacecraft and human operations in space leave behind orbital debris that increasingly threatens collisions, menacing a growing ...
"Shocking": NASA and Russian satellite crash closer than scientists thought
Newsweek· 5 days ago"Had the two satellites collided, we would have seen significant debris generation — tiny shards...
Dying SpaceX rocket tears blood-red 'hole' in the sky over Texas — again
LiveScience· 4 days agoOn April 10, photographer Abdur Anwar spotted the bright light at around 3:15 a.m. EDT above Big...
Forget green: Purple may be key to finding planets capable of hosting alien life, study says
USA Today· 4 days agoTo observers from outer space, Earth's vast oceans and verdant landmasses make it appear as a blue...