The runaway debris threat to space technology | FT Tech
Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of ...
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Somebody Is FINALLY Doing Something About Space Junk
Earth’s orbit is turning into a high-speed scrapyard, but someone is finally stepping up to clean it. With over 32,000 pieces ...
Falling space junk poses a growing risk to traveler safety — and could harm the economy, experts warn
The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going ...
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What Is Space Junk and Is It a Problem?
Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...
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Company developing laser satellite to clear away space junk
The Tokyo-based satellite broadcaster is developing the technology jointly with ... damage or knock out satellites. Debris-clearing orbiters to catch space junk with wires or nets are also ...
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Space Dodgers
Since then, the space above Earth has been flooded with thousands of satellites, spent rocket stages and the debris from several ... seed money to develop the technology needed to clean up space.
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India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellites, 'further validation' needed
ISRO's Space Docking Experiment satellites will now attempt their historic docking no earlier than Jan. 9 India Standard Time.
Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space
The third Starship test flight last March saw the spacecraft reach its planned trajectory and fly halfway around the world ...
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Space junk cleanup should adopt same strategy as ocean conservation, experts propose
In fact, though, human space exploration and industrialization has polluted the area around our planet, with the resulting debris known ... in fields from satellite technology to ocean plastic ...