Students make $10,000 satellite with a 3-D printed drag sail that won’t leave any space junk
The satellites demonstrate a super low-cost solution for preventing space debris.
Tag: space junk
Space junk is becoming a problem and we need to talk about it
We're littering our planet's orbit.
Russian space junk knocks out Chinese satellite
Illustration of the relative distribution of debris in Earth's orbit. Space debris could soon become a major cause of satellite ...
Orbital ‘littering’ fee might solve our space junk problem
Space junk is a classic example of the Tragedy of the Commons -- now it's time to take responsability and ...
Watch this awesome giant net collect garbage in space
An experimental spacecraft designed to solve our growing space junk problem was a sound success.
Airbus tests harpoon meant to shoot down satellite-sized space junk
They're after the Moby Dick of space.
China deems blasting space junk with a laser station is feasible
It's a super James Bond-esque idea.
The International Space Station is mounting a new device to protect it from space junk
It's a sensor that will tell scientists how common small, but dangerous debris are.
Wrapping paper-like spacecraft might one day collect junk and throw it into Earth’s atmospheric shredder
This may be crazy enough to work.
Gecko-inspired ‘Velcro’ could help cleanup our growing space junk problem
Inspired by nature, scientists tackle a sticky problem.
Powerful magnetic beams might one day solve our space junk problems
ESA is proposing the most promising 'space janitor' yet.
We’re launching a horde of tiny satellites, and that might eventually make space flight unusable
Space junk is cluttering space. One day, we might not be able to launch anything anymore.
Ballistic test on Kevlar shows what could happen to the ISS from space debris impacts
We've mentioned on numerous occasions the growing problem of space debris and voiced our concerns that, if left unchecked, the thousands of metal ...
ESA announces asteroid set for spaceship crash
The European Space Agency just announced the asteroid they chose for an upcoming controlled crash landing of one of their ...
CO2 emissions might lead to more space junk hazard
Ever increasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere are not only hazardous to life on the planet's surface, but also to ...
ISS changes orbit to dodge space debris collision
The Russian space program's Mission Control Center recently announced that the International Space Station will adjust its orbit to prevent ...
ISS crew took to their escape pods this weekend after space debris collision alert
This Friday, ground mission control ordered the current stationed astronaut crew at the International Space Station to head for the ...
“Space Janitor” satellite announced to clean-up space debris
There are currently an estimated 19,000 individual space debris swirling around Earth's orbit at 17,000 miles/hour, posing great threat to ...
Swiss scientists to launch “janitor” satellite to clean up space mess
When we started putting satellites on orbit, few could have pondered the idea of space junk, and even fewer would ...
The only person in the world ever to get hit by space junk
In January, 1997 Lottie Williams was strolling through a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her friends around 3:30 AM, when a ...
Space junk didn’t hit the International Space Station – red alert canceled
Remarkably, a growing issue NASA scientists face everyday is space junk - tiny bits of scrap, bolts, rocket modules from ...
NASA studies laser to remove space junk
Junk is not only limited to our planet, we have a problem with space pollution as well. In 1978, a ...