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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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See photos of Germany's falling ROSAT satellite, which will plunge to Earth in late October.
It's unlikely that Germany's falling satellite will touch down on land, but the German space agency would be responsible for any damage compensation.
Basic questions and answers about ROSAT, which is expected to crash to Earth this weekend.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has started a program called Phoenix, which aims to recycle pieces of retired satellites, using them to create new on-orbit assets.
A German telescope called ROSAT is falling to Earth this weekend. Scientists say there's a 1-in-2,000 chance it will hit someone.
The German space agency's satellite de-orbit will occur sometime between October 21 and October 24th. Up to 30 pieces of the spacecraft may survive re-entry. This animation takes a look at its current orbit and visualizes the burn-up.
Don't miss the last opportunities to see Germany's falling ROSAT satellite in the night sky.
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.
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