NASA Is Being Sued for Dropping Space Junk on a Florida Home
A family from Florida filed a claim against NASA for a small piece of trash that the space agency had tossed from the International Space Station (ISS), which ended up…
Airbus Launches Device to Keep Dead Satellites from Tumbling in Space
An illustration of space debris littering Earth orbit.Illustration: ESA Earth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting aimlessly across the dark skies. In order to tackle the…
Wind Satellite’s Final Moments Captured Before Intentional Destruction
In late July, the Aeolus Earth Explorer satellite plunged through Earth’s atmosphere to burn up as scraps. Its unprecedented controlled reentry was captured through a series of images that show…
Steve Wozniak’s Space Company Wants to Be a ‘Ride Share’ for Satellites
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s space start-up Privateer aims to bring satellite access to the masses through a global online marketplace. Satellite-based data is primarily available to governments, but the company…