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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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About 1.6 tons of the 2.4-ton satellite will survive the plunge.
Almost half of the 2.4-ton ROSAT X-ray observatory will survive re-entry and reach the Earth's surface.
A dazzling meteor's light show gets a boost from an old Russian rocket piece.
Was it the solar flares on the sun, Frankenstein's monster moon mystery or something else?
A defunct German satellite is expected to fall to Earth in early November.
The exact place and time where UARS fell are now known.
See photos and images of NASA's falling satellite UARS, which will plunge to Earth on Sept. 23, 2011.
A falling NASA satellite caught the interest of skywatchers and pranksters alike.
Was it the satellite falling toward Earth, asteroids that may not have wiped out the dinosaurs or something else?
It's harder than you think to determine where a piece of space junk falls.
NASA officials are still trying to pinpoint where and when the dead UARS spacecraft fell.
An amateur skywatcher in Blaine, WA captured a video of what seems to be remains of the doomed satellite on its final descent. SPACE.com cannot confirm the authenticity of this video. There are reports of hoax videos purporting to depict the event.
The huge ISS shouldn't endanger people when it eventually falls in a guided deorbit.
NASA's doomed Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell toward Earth today.
A new prediction suggests SoCal residents could see the UARS satellite's fall to Earth.
The FAA wants pilots to report any space debris sightings from NASA's UARS satellite.
A change in NASA's UARS satellite course has delayed the satellite's descent.
It's unlikely that NASA's falling satellite will touch down on land, but the agency would be responsible for any damage compensation.
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