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You know, the golden era of space science began in October 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 - into Earth's orbit. And so f…
Japanese scientists are planning to use lasers to clean up garbage in space, limiting their impact on research programs.
For satellite operators, space garbage is a permanent concern and can cause great damage.
The threat from cosmic garbage is increasing as more and more missile or satellite fragments fail or stop appearing in orbit near Earth.
The European Space Agency (ESA) said it is deploying future missions to
The US Advanced Defense Projects Agency (DARPA) is currently preparing to transport the space monitoring telescope (SST) to Western Australia.
Recently, ISS International Space Station is 15 years old. Experts say the station can still operate for a long time. If something threatens ISS, it is cosmic debris.
AFP announced on May 24 that the Ecuadorian Space Agency (EXA) said the country's Pegaso satellite touched a fragment of an S-14 rocket launched by the Soviet Union in 1…
Scientists and many Russian officials on March 12 warned that meteorites and cosmic waste could pose a big threat to the Earth and humanity in the future.
People emit garbage wherever they go, including in space - a big problem for astronauts on long journeys to other planets.
Scientists at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) said they have found an effective way to deal with the landfill on Earth orbit increasingly bulging.
Last week, a broken Russian satellite and the remainder of an Indian rocket had flattened across the ISS at a distance of just a few miles. This dangerous situation forc…
The scope of space operations is increasing. This means that space junk will become a threat to satellite devices and spacecraft, including the International Space Stati…
The Japanese newspaper recently reported that Japan and the United States have agreed to share data on space junk, and use radar to enhance the monitoring of these debri…
A debris from Russia's old satellite flew through the International Space Station (ISS) on March 24, forcing six crew members of the ISS to temporarily shelter at two So…