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Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 3 hours 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 ...
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...
A hunk of space junk crashed through his roof in Florida. Who should pay to fix it?
KPBS San Diego· 6 days agoAlejandro Otero was out of town on vacation last month when his son called from their house in...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via AOL· 3 days agoBut a determined effort to pull a lump of junk out of the sky should occur in the next couple of years, the firm says. The issue of orbital debris and...
India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoArtist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth. In late March, the Indian Space Research...
NASA has a plan to clean up space junk—but is going green enough?
National Geographic· 5 days agoSpace Force, the rocket part they’re targeting appears to have itself been hit by smaller debris...
China's space station was hit by space junk | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 4 days agospace station have successfully completed repairs after a debris strike caused a partial power...
Nasa space junk and Russian satellite’s near collision was much closer than thought
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCurrently, there are more than 36,000 pieces of such space junk in Earth orbit, including millions...
Low-Earth Orbit Faces a Spiraling Debris Threat
Scientific American· 7 days agoOld rockets, decaying spacecraft and human operations in space leave behind orbital debris that increasingly threatens collisions, menacing a growing ...
'Super Bowl for space nerds' looks to the future of exploration
AOL· 2 days agoTo see the future of space, sometimes you have to go to Colorado Springs. For a few days every year, everyone who is anyone in the world of space exploration ...