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A piece of space debris hit the rebotic arm on the International Space Station (ISS).
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As more satellites are launched into the atmosphere, they add to a growing problem – space junk circling the Earth. A satellite made of...
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Russia launched Cosmos 2542 in November last year. This satellite then launched a sub-satellite called Cosmos 2543, which is capable of maneuver and moved...
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Space junk derives from various sources, such as used satellites, spent booster rockets, and parts of shattered spacecraft. This junk lingers above our atmosphere,...
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The demonstration which occurred Sunday, September 16, is part of the European RemoveDebris mission, designed to test active debris-removal techniques in space for the...
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RemoveDEBRIS, along with an international science package that will study powerful lightning from space – Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), was sent to the ISS...
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The new policy, known as Space Policy Directive-3, orders the Commerce Department to create a public database of space objects, a vision first outlined...
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Alastair Wayman, an advanced project systems engineer with Airbus, who helped to develop the high-tech system said it would prove to be “really effective...
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Earlier this year, an experimental Japanese mission to clear ‘space junk’ or rubbish from the Earth’s orbit ended in failure after a 700-meter (2,300-foot)...