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Latest News About Space Junk and Orbital Debris
The amount of trash in Earth orbit, from spent rocket stages, broken satellites and micrometeoroids, is growing. Scientists are working on methods to combat the threat of space junk and orbital debris collisions.
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NASA may order the space shuttle Discovery and space station to dodge space debris on Thursday.
Engineers believe the shuttle Atlantis' heat shield is in good shape.
There is growing appreciation that outer space has become a trash bin, with the Earth encircled by dead or dying spacecraft, along with menacing bits of orbital clutter - some of which burns up in the planet’s atmosphere.
Astronauts have just arrived at the Hubble Space Telescope, which puts them at an altitude with a higher-than-usual risk from flying space junk.
NASA has taken steps to reduce the heightened risk of space debris to its Hubble-bound astronauts.
The space around Earth is becoming more cluttered by the day with orbital junk.
Science fiction writers weigh in on how to solve space debris problems.
Junk created by the collision of two satellites last month is poised to fall into Earth's atmosphere this week.
New space junk from a satellite collision poses an increased risk to the upcoming space shuttle flight.
Russia is downplaying the potential risk of a leaky nuclear-powered satellite.
When satellites start falling from space, there are options to help them die.
Launchspace is keen on trying to find new ways to battle the bits of space flotsam.
It's time for a space traffic management system, some experts say.
Material from Earth’s first billion years may remain in moon meteorites.
Some wacky ideas could help to clean up the junkyard of space.
China to take steps to mitigate space junk spawned by its rockets and satellites.
Russian cosmonauts climbed out of the International Space Station last Wednesday afternoon to install protective panels.
If you could salvage all of the material that human beings have left on the moon, you could open a fairly substantial junkyard.
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