The space station just had to steer clear of more space junk
The International Space Station (ISS) had to steer clear of a piece of space junk on Monday — the second such maneuver that the orbital outpost has had to make…
The Latest Threat to the Ozone Layer: Elon’s Starlink Satellite Megaconstellation
Thousands of satellites are currently parked in low Earth orbit, with some that will eventually become defunct and fall back towards our planet’s atmosphere. As they reenter the atmosphere, satellites…
Orbital Paparazzi Captures a Sneaky Picture of the ISS
A view of the ISS in orbit as seen by a satellite.Image: HEO Robotics The International Space Station (ISS) was caught looking a little undignified in a new photo captured…
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
That was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came even closer to one another than initially believed, raising…
NASA and Russian satellites just miss in ‘too close for comfort’ pass
There’s already enough hazardous debris in orbit but on Wednesday an incident occurred that almost created a whole lot more. It involved NASA’s operational TIMED satellite and the defunct Russian…
‘Too Close for Comfort’: Two Satellites Nearly Collide Above Earth
In a tense moment for space safety, two satellites—NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221—came alarmingly close to smashing into each other above Earth, prompting concerns about the…
SpaceX to Deorbit 100 Starlink Satellites Due to Detected Flaw
An unspecified defect in early model Starlink satellites has prompted SpaceX to preemptively deorbit the units before they potentially fail and become hazards in low Earth orbit. While the company…
Giant Satellite Set for Fiery Reentry After 13 Years of Orbital Creep
After 13 years of slow orbital decay, a legacy satellite will finally be put out of its misery by plunging through Earth’s atmosphere where it will burn up into tiny…
Satellites Are Getting a Constellation of Traffic Cops
Earth’s orbit will be monitored by a watchful set of robotic eyes, the first commercial constellation of satellites with the ability to keep track of objects in space to avoid…
NASA Wants a Giant Inflatable Bag to Collect and Throw Out Space Junk
A capture bag that will be used to collect space junk in orbit.Screenshot: TransAstra Picking up the trash in space could be as easy as stuffing pieces of defunct spacecraft…