ClearSpace, a startup focused on in-orbit servicing andspace-debris removal, says a leftover payload adapter floatingin Earth's orbit that it planned to remove from space has beenhit by another fast-moving, small piece of junk.The Swiss company's first mission, commissioned by theEuropean Sp...
Today, it was announced SpaceX is targeting no earlier than the fourth quarter of this year for Falcon 9’s launch of Inspiration4 – the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission to orbit – from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Jared Isaacman,...
Space debris left a hole in the Canadarm2 on the International Space Station.NASA/Canadian Space Agency Space junk, which includes both natural meteoroids and man-made objects, has become a growing area of concern as the region of space immediately surrounding Earth becomes more and more crowded...
ClearSpace, a startup focused on in-orbit servicing andspace-debris removal, says a leftover payload adapter floatingin Earth's orbit that it planned to remove from space has beenhit by another fast-moving, small piece of junk.The Swiss company's first mission, commissioned by theEuropean ...
China's Tiangong-1 space station isn't the first spacecraft to shed bits of junk onto Earth, and it won't be the last.
Last year, the Russian Space Agency had to rush up a replacement Soyuz capsule for three men whose original craft was damaged by space junk. The switch pushed their mission beyond a year, a U.S. space endurance record still held by Frank Rubio. Starliner’s woes began long before its ...
HOUSTON - The vital heat shield on the shuttle Atlantis appears to be in good shape after nearly a week linked with the Hubble Space Telescope, which circles the Earth in a region known to be littered with more junk than NASA's usual orbital haunts. ...
I'm sure that's going to be a heavy duty fan that it hits. February 10, 2025 Crybabies: Federal employees are not happy. They have been told things like "come work in the office", or "you're not to do anything without my approval", or "you're going to be paid, but you're ...
The Russian space agency could no longer afford to maintain Mir, so NASA and the Russian space agency had planned to junk the station in order to concentrate on the ISS. A private movement (Keep Mir Alive!) and a company (MirCorp) publicly campaigned to repair and privatize the aging spac...
Some Space Junk Near-Misses and Hits