The ISS just dodged part of a 20-year-old Chinese rocket
The International Space Station (ISS) had to raise its orbit on Wednesday to reduce the risk of being struck by a piece of space junk. The maneuver was carried out…
Watch the space station send the first wooden satellite into orbit
The world’s first wooden satellite has been deployed to Earth orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS Research X account posted footage of a trio of cubesats, including…
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 space station just had to pull a maneuver to avoid space debris
The International Space Station (ISS) was repositioned on Tuesday, November 19, to move it well out of the way of approaching space debris, NASA reported. Station operators fired the thrusters…
Watch this first-ever fly-around of a huge piece of space junk
Orbital debris removal company Astroscale says it’s achieved a technical milestone for a commercial company by conducting the first-ever controlled fly-around of a large piece of space junk. The Japanese…
NASA sued by Florida man whose house was hit by space junk
The International Space Station orbiting about 250 miles above Earth. NASA NASA is being sued by a man whose house was damaged by a piece of space junk that came…
Satellite snaps remarkable image of a huge piece of space junk
Astroscale Orbital debris removal company Astroscale has shared a remarkable image captured by the Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite. Taken from a distance of just 50 meters, the…
Junk from the ISS fell on a house in the U.S., NASA confirms
A regular stanchion (left) and the one recovered from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet. The recovered stanchion survived reentry…
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…
U.S. issues its first-ever fine for space debris
Space junk orbiting Earth is a growing problem. Old rocket parts and decommissioned satellites are orbiting our planet at great speed, posing a threat not only to functioning satellites providing…