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How likely are you to be killed by falling space junk ?
7-26-2022 |
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Scientists have calculated exactly how likely you are to be injured or killed by space debris in the next ten years.
ISS sustains space debris 'lucky strike'
6-2-2021 | 4
A puncture caused by space junk has been discovered on a robotic arm outside the International Space Station.
Is the 'Black Knight' really an alien satellite ?
12-17-2020 | 11
For years, some have speculated that this unusual piece of space junk is actually an extraterrestrial device.
Two large pieces of space junk avoid collision
10-18-2020 | 1
A space junk disaster was narrowly avoided this week when two large objects passed close to one another.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
12-9-2019 | 4
If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Space harpoon snags space junk in orbit
VIDEO 2-17-2019 | 2
A spacecraft has successfully demonstrated how a harpoon can be used to clean up Earth's orbit.
A space war could make space inaccessible
VIDEO 7-1-2018 | 16
As if space junk wasn't already enough of a problem, a war in space could litter the planet's orbit with tons of debris.
Harpoon could drag satellites out of the sky
VIDEO 3-16-2018 | 10
Airbus has been developing a new type of harpoon in an effort to reduce the build-up of space junk in orbit.
Could giant lasers shoot down space debris ?
1-15-2018 | 7
A new study by researchers in China has put forward a novel new way of tackling the problem of space junk.
Magnetic beam could dispose of old satellites
6-24-2017 | 2
A French scientist is working on a novel new way to keep Earth's orbit clear of defunct satellites.
Japan's space junk tether fails to deploy
2-6-2017 | 8
The experimental tether had been designed to help solve the problem of space junk in Earth's orbit.
Could orbiting space junk cause World War 3 ?
1-26-2016 | 11
Scientists have warned that space debris collisions could have the potential to provoke armed conflict.
ISS narrowly avoids space junk collision
11-8-2014 | 5
The space station performed an emergency maneuver last month to avoid a piece of orbiting debris.
Soccer-ball robots to patrol for space junk
9-6-2014 | 2
New self-guided robots could soon be used to help assess the threat posed by items of space debris.
Japan to use net to trawl for space debris
1-24-2014 | 18
The electrodynamic tether will be used as a way to help reduce the large amount of space junk in orbit.
Space junk poses clean-up challenge
8-13-2011 | 18
The amount of debris in orbit is posing an ever greater risk to spacecraft and the environment.
Approaching "unidentified object" is space junk
6-2-2010 | 12
An object recently detected by astronomers as it whizzed past the Earth has turned out to be space junk.
Space junk increases danger for future
11-6-2009 | 1
British space experts have warned that the growing amount of debris flying around in space represents an increasing risk...
How much is too much space junk ?
2-18-2009 | 3
Following the collision between two satellites recently space planners have warned that the ever increasing quantity of ...
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