Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's ...

A new paper by University of British Columbia researchers paints a stark picture of the risks of space debris on commercial ...

A new study from researchers at UBC found that the chance of debris entering air space around major cities is as high as 26 per cent each year.

The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...

Now, scientists have calculated the chance that falling rocket junk could enter the airspace, potentially striking an ...

operational risks" than those posed by the falling space debris. "The incident highlighted, among other things, a lack of preparation for this eventuality and a lack of harmonization of responses ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...

R esearchers are raising alarms about the growing threat of space debris to airplanes. According to a recent study published ...

The issue was highlighted after the SpaceX Starship mission last month, which caused debris to fall over the Atlantic Ocean ...