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Alarm on garbage on the universe
The International Year of Astronautics (2011) has just ended, experts in the universe evaluate that the amount of garbage on orbit near Earth has reached an alarming lev…
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The astronaut on ISS is frightened
Three astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were worried after the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) issued a warning on November 23, they had to take…
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Satellite Rosat rushes into the earth's atmosphere
The big truck-sized satellite has plunged into the atmosphere and its debris might hit the earth today, the German space agency announced.
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Rosat 'satellite may fall to the Indian Ocean'
Fragments of the German satellite may have fallen into the Indian Ocean after it crashed into the atmosphere yesterday.
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Accurate fall point of German satellites
After many predictions about whether the German satellite could fall in Southeast Asia or deep in the Chinese plateau, scientists finally located the grounding position…
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Universe garbage weighs more than 6 tons about to fall to earth
A broken satellite from the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is about to fall to Earth and many fear its debris could endanger neighborhoods.
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'Overload' cosmic garbage
US scientists are alarming that there is a huge amount of cosmic garbage in Earth orbit, including 22,000 fragments, small debris clouds, boosters and old satellites ...…
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Space waste has doubled in the last 10 years
In close proximity to the Earth there are more than 16,000 units of space waste, compared to more than 8,800 units of waste in 2001.
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Shoot lasers to clear cosmic trash
The US Aerospace Agency (Nasa) is considering firing lasers to deflect fragments of cosmic trash that are at risk of colliding with satellites and the International Spac…
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The United States and France are also tracking cosmic garbage
US and French defense ministers signed a cooperation agreement yesterday to monitor space junk and prevent the risk of collisions between artificial satellites of the tw…
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Spatial waste
Scientists are increasingly worried about metal fragments flying around the earth's orbit.
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Potential risk from 'cosmic garbage'
The US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) urges world leaders to find solutions to reduce the amount of
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Universe trash rushes into the bedroom
After hearing the loud noise on the roof, Peter Welton looked up and saw a red object. Fortunately, it did not hit the instrument ...
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Spacecraft afraid of garbage
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has to postpone Japan's plan to launch a transport ship to the International Space Station today for fear of hitting a piece of cosmic tra…
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Working well, the Mars probe has yet to become cosmic garbage
Five years ago, it was assumed that age and technical problems caused two Mars probes, Spirit and Opportunity, to be universal waste. However, up to now, the two ships s…