space debris
Steve Wozniak’s start-up Privateer develops ride-sharing spacecraft to reduce orbital clutter
Space start-up Privateer, co-founded by the famed Apple technologist Steve Wozniak, will begin orbital tests of its ride-sharing orbital module ...
What is Point Nemo, the remote, watery satellite graveyard where the ISS will go to die?
It’s been called the “loneliest place on earth” — a location so remote it would take days to traverse the ...
As the ISS turns 25, a look back at the space laboratory’s legacy
Hurtling through space at 17,500 miles per hour, the International Space Station (ISS) circles the entire globe roughly once every ...
Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo)
A lost tool bag in space shines brightly in a new image taken from Rome. Two astronauts spacewalking on the ...
NASA and Japan to launch world’s 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024. Why?
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are planning to launch the world’s first wooden satellite into space in ...
Airbus Launches Device to Prevent Dead Satellites from Tumbling
An illustration of space debris littering Earth orbit.Illustration: ESA Earth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting ...
China launches new 3-astronaut crew to Tiangong space station
China’s youngest crew so far is on its way to the Tiangong space station. A Long March 2F rocket lifted ...
China has sent its youngest-ever astronaut crew to the Tiangong space station
When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space in 2003, it was a history making moment that declared ...
China launches 3-man crew to Tiangong space station
China launched a fresh three-man crew to the Tiangong space station Thursday morning to replace three other “taikonauts” who are ...
