ABC News3d
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...
Deccan Chronicle5d
OMG! Too Much of Space Junk
Most governments boast about their space exploration programmes, but now they are also focusing on clearing the junk it leaves in space and on Earth. The increasing accumulation of space debris ...
Toronto Star3d
Space debris is cluttering our orbit. Can falling space junk hit a plane?
And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...
CBS News4d
Risk of falling space junk impacting planes is growing, researchers warn
Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada's University of British Columbia ...
News3d
Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy airspace filled with passenger jets — including Metro Vancouver.
Space.com7d
Falling space debris is a growing worry for aircraft, new research suggests
Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's atmosphere can create a collision risk with aircraft in flight.
Burnaby Now3d
Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy airspace filled with passenger jets — including Metro Vancouver. The resulting ...
New York Post5d
Falling space junk poses a growing risk to air travel safety — and could harm the economy too, 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 to get worse as interplanetary traffic and commercial airline flights ...
Vancouver3d
Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
The size of a large coffee table, it was one of several pieces of space junk that fell on population centres last year. SpaceX via NASA B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance ...
Phys.org7d
Can ocean-floor mining oversights help regulate space debris and mining on the moon?
Pending international discussions on space traffic management, space debris removal, and limiting so-called space junk in Earth orbit could help to stop space debris orbiting the moon and Mars.
Phys.org3d
Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris
The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be used to remove space debris and service satellites in low Earth orbit. The Astrobee system was ...