Fragments can come off spacecraft like satellites and disintegrate into tiny – but dangerous – bits of debris in orbit: European Space Agency / Wikimedia Commons By Abhimanyu Ghoshal, Published by New Atlas, 16 April 2025 We've deployed so many satellites into space over the last few decades that we
A European Space Agency representation of all the space debris 1 mm in size and larger that is currently orbiting Earth. By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 2 April 2025 WASHINGTON — Slingshot Aerospace, a space data analytics company, has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX
By Simon Sharwood, Published by The Register, 11 March 2025 The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility Earth's atmosphere is shrinking due to climate change and one of the possible negative impacts is that space junk will stay in orbit
Image credit: Redwire By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Published by BBC Future, 9 February 2025 There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. High in the skies of Earth,
Starship on launch pad By Jackie Wattles, Published by CNN, 1 February 2025 It was a typical balmy afternoon across the tropical islands that lie southeast of Florida, where tens of thousands of tourists flock this time of year for winter break. But on January 16, just after sundown, a
Starship on launch pad By William Harwood, Published by yahoo! news, 17 January 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered SpaceX to carry out a formal investigation into the breakup of its Starship rocket during a test flight Thursday that sent a spectacular shower of flaming debris plummeting back to
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches on its third test flight, on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Kelly Rissman, Published by The Independent, 14 January 2025 Some flights are abruptly delayed due to falling debris from Elon Musk’s Space Xrockets that are re-entering the earth, Qantas said. For weeks, the airline has been
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Aerosociety, 10 January 2025 Could satellite mega-constellations trigger climate change 2.0? Air pollution from rocket launches and satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere could bring about the world’s next big environmental emergency. The space industry is pulling together to find a solution before it gets
